G957: Ugolino and His Sons

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G957

People

John Dixon, British (1720/30 - 1804)
After Sir Joshua Reynolds, British (Plympton, England 1723 - 1792 London, England)
Published by John Boydell, British (Dorrington, England 1719 - 1804 London, England)

Title

Ugolino and His Sons

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1774

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/275166

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Mezzotint

Dimensions

sheet: 51.3 x 63 cm (20 3/16 x 24 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower left, in plate: Painted by Sr. Joshua Reynolds/Published as the Act Directs Feb. 1 1774
• inscription: lower center, in plate: John Boydell excudit 1774
• inscription: lower right, in plate: John Dixon sculpsit
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: illegible text
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: £m [struck through]/679. 158 [struck through]/illegible text [struck through]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

LeBlanc 2; Clayton 306

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G957

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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