Object Details
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- Boydell, Josiah
- original artist
- Giordano, Luca
- engraver
- Murphy, John
- Description
- Mezzotint after painting by Luca Giordano once in the Salon at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, as Vulcan’s Forge. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2. Marsh probably wrote the numeral 66 in pencil in the lower right corner. Notation on mounting sheet indicates the print was taken out for framing in 1894. SI Secretary's Library stamp embossed in lower margin over publisher's name.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Marsh Collection
- 1788
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.03.68
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.03.68
- Object Name
- mezzotint
- Object Type
- Mezzotint
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 52.75 cm x 38.25 cm; 20 25/32 in x 15 1/16 in
- plate: 50.25 cm x 35.5 cm; 19 25/32 in x 13 31/32 in
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Communications
- Marsh Collection
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mythology
- Record ID
- nmah_784909
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-ebfe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
