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c. 1786
Artist, British, 1749 - 1809

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 25.2 × 35.5 cm (9 15/16 × 14 in.)
sheet: 30.6 × 49.4 cm (12 1/16 × 19 7/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.123.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2021
Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.
Bibliography
2021
Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 155, fig. 5.
Inscriptions
lower left in image: Palmi 45 / Section of the Marita di Grano at Roma; lower right, in image on tomb: URNAM HANC / INTER VETERA ARTIS MONUMENTA / IN PRIMIS INSIGNEM / EQUES GULIELMUS HAMILTON / A / GEORGIO III MAGNAE BRITANNIAE REGE / AD / SICIL REGEM FERDINANDUM IV / LEGATUS / UT PATRIAM / TAM CLARO PRISCI OPERIS NOMINE / ORNARET / IN ANGLIAM TRANSMISIT / ET / AVRI INCIDENDAM CURAVIT