A Lady Reading
Object Details
- engraver
- Earlom, Richard
- delineator
- Farington, George
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- original artist
- Bol, Ferdinand
- Description
- Mezzotint after original painting by Ferdinand Bol once in the Gallery at Houghton. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, with descriptive title Portrait of an Old Woman with a Book. Print removed from George P. Marsh's copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1. Pencil note on mounting sheet indicates print was taken out for Cincinnati Exhibition, 1888.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Marsh Collection
- 1775
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.02.57
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.02.57
- Object Name
- mezzotint
- Object Type
- Mezzotint
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 47.75 cm x 32.25 cm; 18 13/16 in x 12 11/16 in
- plate: 45.5 cm x 30.5 cm; 17 29/32 in x 12 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
- Women
- Books
- related event
- Cincinnati Industrial Exposition
- Record ID
- nmah_818484
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-253c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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