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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1864,0611.11
Title: Object: Niobe
Description: Niobe at the centre, clutching a small child to her and looking upwards to the clouds on the right, where Apollo and Artemis fire arrows at her children, several already wounded, the others, on the left, attempting to escape; a mass of broken trees on the far right, a fortress, and stormy seas with lightning flashes on the left. Published state. 1761 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: William Woollett; After: Richard Wilson; Published by: John Boydell
School/style: British
Production date: 1761
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching
Dimensions: Height: 480 millimetres; Width: 605 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: Fagan 1885 / A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of William Woollett (42.V)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: myth/legend; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Niobe; Representation of: Apollo; Representation of: Artemis/Diana
Acquisition date: 1864
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1864,0611.11

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