Thomas BURKE (mezzotinter), Angelica KAUFFMANN (after)
Samma the Demoniac weeping over the ashes of his youngest son Benoni
1772

Medium
mezzotint

Measurements
46.7 × 35.5 cm (image) 50.5 × 35.5 cm (plate) 54.4 × 39.0 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Printing/Publishing
published by William Wynne Ryland, London

Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Angelica Kauffman pinx.t
printed in ink l.r.: J Burke fecit
printed in ink l.c.: Publish’d as the Act directs July 26 1772 by W W Ryland London

Accession Number
2801-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Thomas BURKE (mezzotinter), Angelica KAUFFMANN (after)
Samma the Demoniac weeping over the ashes of his youngest son Benoni
1772