G4896.A: The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar
Prints
This object does not yet have a description.
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
- 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
-
The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.
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
Related Objects
Verification Level
This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu