Adoration of the Shepherds
Object Details
- delineator
- Farington, George
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- graphic artist
- Michel, Jean Baptiste
- original artist
- Cignani, Carlo
- Description
- Stipple engraving after painting by Carlo Cignani, once in the Common Parlour at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Now in the Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo State Museum Reserve, Russia, as The Adoration of the Shepherds. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Marsh Collection
- 1780
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.03.19
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.03.19
- Object Name
- Object Type
- Engraving
- Other Terms
- Print; Intaglio; Stipple
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 30.75 cm x 22.75 cm; 12 3/32 in x 8 31/32 in
- plate: 28 cm x 20.25 cm; 11 1/32 in x 7 31/32 in
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Communications
- Marsh Collection
- Religion
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Nativity
- Holy Family
- Record ID
- nmah_786067
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-9995-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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