Niobe | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M884
People: William Woollett, British (Maidstone, England 1735 - 1785 London, England)
After Richard Wilson, British (Penegoes, Wales 1714 - 1782 Colommenoy, Wales)
Published by John Boydell, British (Dorrington, England 1719 - 1804 London, England)
Title: Niobe
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1761
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/262961

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Engraving
Dimensions: plate: 48.2 x 60.5 cm (19 x 23 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Mary Hemenway, by descent; to her heirs, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1918

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iii (?)
Standard Reference Number: Le Bl. 8, Clayton 201

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Mary Hemenway
Accession Year: 1918
Object Number: M884
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Megan Walsh, The Portrait and the Book: Illustration & Literary Culture in Early America, University of Iowa Press (Iowa City, 2017), pp. 84-88, repr. p. 85 as fig. 12

Exhibition History

32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/19/2017 - 09/13/2017

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M884: Niobe