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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.336
People
Henri Merke, Swiss (Niederweningen, Zürich, Switzerland c. 1760 - c. 1820)
After Thomas Rowlandson, British (London, England 1756 - 1827 London, England)
Published by Ackermann & Co., British (1792 - 1991)
Title
The Purser
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
February 15, 1799
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/356990

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand-colored etching with aquatint
Technique
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
sheet: 26 × 20.5 cm (10 1/4 × 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, below image: Rowlandson delin Merke sculp / N.o 6 / PURSER / London Pub.d Feb.y 15 1799 by R. Ackermann 101 Strand
  • inscription: below image, graphite: [lower left:] [?]362; [lower right:] [illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jsrael Ber Neumann, Berlin, Munich, and New York, by descent; to Elsa Schmid Neumann, his wife, 1961, by descent; to Peter G. Neumann, their son, Palo Alto, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. Neumann
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.336
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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