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Niobe

Niobe
 1792

Medium
etching and engraving
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
43.7 × 61.8 cm (image) 48.0 × 62.4 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Baker 113 iii/iv
Edition
3rd of 4 states
Printing/Publishing
published by Samuel Smith, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: The Figures Engraved by Will.m (m in superscript above . ) Sharp.
printed in ink l.r.: The Landscape by Sam.l (l in superscript above . ) Smith.
printed in ink l.c.: NIOBE / From the FIRST PICTURE on that Subject Painted by RICHARD WILSON ESQ. RA. / In the Collection of Sir George Beaumont Bar.t (t in superscript above . ) To whom the Plate is respectfully Dedicated by his obliged humble Servant / Samuel Smith / London Publiſhed as the Act directs by S. Smith, N.o (o in superscript above . ) 58 Caſtle ſtreet eaſt Oxford-ſtreet May 31, 1792.
Accession Number
2856-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
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Gallery location
Not on display

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