M884: Niobe
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M884
- People
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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
- 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
- Permissions
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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
Verification Level
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