Cephalus Lamenting the Death of Procris

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R9243
People: Matthew Liart, British (born 1736)
After Benjamin West, American (Springfield, PA 1738 - 1820 London, England)
Title: Cephalus Lamenting the Death of Procris
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1771
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/246810

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Engraving
Dimensions: 43.3 x 50.6 cm (17 1/16 x 19 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, his sister, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iii
Standard Reference Number: LeBlanc 4; Andresen 3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R9243
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Malcom Warner, French and British Paintings from 1600 to 1800 in The Art Institute of Chicago, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ, 1996), pp. 294-296, fig. 1

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R9243: Cephalus Lamenting the Death of Procris