M15877: The Wreck of the Medusa Frigate

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M15877

People

Samuel William Reynolds I, British (London 1773 - 1835 London)
After Théodore Géricault, French (Rouen 1791 - 1824 Paris)

Title

The Wreck of the Medusa Frigate

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

19th century

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/261848

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Mezzotint

Dimensions

plate: 54 x 78.5 cm (21 1/4 x 30 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Nelson Goodman, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1978

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/ii

Standard Reference Number

W. 370

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Nelson Goodman

Accession Year

1978

Object Number

M15877

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Sam Smiles, "Turner's 'A Disaster at Sea' - A New Interpretation", Turner Society News, The Turner Society (Autumn 2022), No. 138, pp. 3-7, p. 4, repr. as fig. 2

Exhibition History

• The Age of Romanticism, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/15/1986 - 05/18/1986
• HAA 10 Survey Course: The Western Tradition, Art Since the Renaissance, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/08/2008 - 04/06/2008
• HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 08 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/23/2008 - 11/16/2008
• HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 09 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/16/2009 - 11/08/2009

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