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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M884
People
William Woollett, British (Maidstone, England 1735 - 1785 London, England)
After Richard Wilson, British (Penegoes, Wales 1714 - 1782 Colommenoy, Wales)
Published by John Boydell, British (Dorrington, England 1719 - 1804 London, England)
Title
Niobe
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1761
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262961

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 48.2 x 60.5 cm (19 x 23 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mary Hemenway, by descent; to her heirs, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1918

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii (?)
Standard Reference Number
Le Bl. 8, Clayton 201

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Mary Hemenway
Accession Year
1918
Object Number
M884
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Megan Walsh, The Portrait and the Book: Illustration & Literary Culture in Early America, University of Iowa Press (Iowa City, 2017), pp. 84-88, repr. p. 85 as fig. 12

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/19/2017 - 09/13/2017

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