R12618: Dancing Shepherdess

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R12618

People

Wilson Lowry, British (Whitehaven 1762 - 1824 London)
After Claude Lorrain, French (Chamagne 1604 - 1682 Rome)
Published by John Boydell, British (Dorrington, England 1719 - 1804 London, England)

Title

Dancing Shepherdess

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1784

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/246337

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 49 x 62.8 cm (19 5/16 x 24 3/4 in.)
sheet: 49 x 60.6 cm (19 5/16 x 23 7/8 in.)
image: 44.2 x 58 cm (17 3/8 x 22 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in graphite, l.r.: 400
• inscription: in graphite, l.r.: proof
• coat of arms: on plate, lower center: coat of arms of the publisher John Boydell, insribed:
  John Boydell excudit 1783 / published Jan 1st 1784 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London
• inscription: on plate, l.r.: Wilson Lowry Sculp
• inscription: on plate, l.l.: Claude le Lorrain Pincit

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

i

Standard Reference Number

Andresen 3; LeBlanc 8

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

Object Number

R12618

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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