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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.368
People
Thomas Rowlandson, British (London, England 1756 - 1827 London, England)
Published by Thomas Tegg, British (Wimbeldon 1776 - 1845 London)
Title
The Corsican Nurse Soothing the Infants of Spain
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
July 12, 1808
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/357042

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand-colored etching
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 21.4 × 32.3 cm (8 7/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
sheet: 27 × 37.6 cm (10 5/8 × 14 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: Woodward Del.
  • inscription: upper left: 49
  • inscription: upper right: 123
  • inscription: lower right, in plate, under image: Rowlandson scul.
  • inscription: lower center, in plate, under image: Pubd July 12th 1808 by Thos Tegg. NIII Cheapside. / THE CORSICAN NURSE Soothing the INFANTS of SPAIN
  • inscription: lower center, graphite: Joseph Napoleon the King of Spain
  • watermark: partially legible: George / 1802
  • inscription: from old mat: 10998
  • inscription: from old mat: 15
  • inscription: from old mat: MMA dup
  • inscription: from old mat: watermark 1802

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BM Satires 10998

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. Neumann
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.368
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2200 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/27/2017 - 11/01/2017

Verification Level

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