2016.371: The Loss of Eden, - and Eden, Lost

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2016.371

People

Thomas Rowlandson, British (London, England 1756 - 1827 London, England)
Published by W. Hinton, British

Title

The Loss of Eden, - and Eden, Lost

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

December 21, 1785

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/357045

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

Plate: 21 × 32 cm (8 1/4 × 12 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 24.8 × 17 cm (9 3/4 × 6 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, above image: The Loss of EDEN, - AND EDEN,! Lost.
• inscription: in plate, uppder center: NB every Man has hi sPrice Sr. Robt Walple's Politicks
• inscription: in plate, lower center, under image: London Printed. & Publish'd 21 Dec. 1785 by W. Hinton No. 5 Sweetings Alley Royal Exchange
• inscription: in plate, lower left, under image: Two PATRIOTS (in the self same (age was born,) / And both alike have gain'd the Public scorn, / This to America did much pretend. / The other was to Ireland a Friend,
• inscription: in plate, lower right, under image: Yet SWORD, or ORATORY, would not do, / As each had different Plans in View, / AMERICA lost! ARNOLD, & Alaƒs! / To loose [sic] our EDEN now is come to paƒs.
• inscription: lower left, graphite: I / 173
• inscription: verso, center, graphite: 1 1/4 [illegible text]
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: George Vol. VI 6815
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 202

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 6815

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. Neumann

Accession Year

2016

Object Number

2016.371

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2022 - 04/25/2022

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