G4896.A: The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G4896.A

People

William Sharp, British (1749 - 1824)
After John Singleton Copley, American (Boston, MA 1738 - 1815 London, England)

Title

The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1810

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/279577

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 67.5 × 94.6 cm (26 9/16 × 37 1/4 in.)
plate: 66 × 86 cm (26 × 33 7/8 in.)
framed: 83.8 × 104.3 × 4.1 cm (33 × 41 1/16 × 1 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Acquired in the 19th century

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Le Bl. 29

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund

Accession Year

1818

Object Number

G4896.A

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Ethan Lasser, ed., The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766–1820, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), p. 134, Plate 70; p. 28, pp. 37-38 as part of Fig. 28 in Ethan W. Lasser's "Harvard's Teaching Cabinet"; p. 59 in María Dolores Sánchez-Jáuregui's "A Repository of Gifts"

Exhibition History

• The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766–1820, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/19/2017 - 12/31/2017; The Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow, 04/17/2018 - 07/15/2018

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