print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1861,0810.421
- Title
- Object: The beacon-tower.
- Description
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Coast scene, with figures on the shore in the foreground, including, at centre, a man pouring a drink to a companion seated before him; beyond at left a round temple and, almost at centre, a lighthouse; proof illustration to 'Hall's 'Royal Gallery of Art' (1854).
Etching and engraving on chine collé
- Production date
- 1854 (circa)
- Dimensions
-
Height: 321 millimetres (sheet)
-
Width: 445 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
-
- Curator's comments
- From an unidentified set; dated 1861 by Röthlisberger.
See 1982,U.1662 for comment on the attribution of the original painting.
See 1872,1012.6082 for later state with different publication line.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Royal Gallery of Art
- Acquisition date
- 1861
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1861,0810.421
