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Object Type
print
Museum number
1875,0814.1394
Title
Series:
Imitations in chalk from drawings by R.Cosway RA
Description
Plate 28: study of two little boys in Van Dyck dress, grieving beside an urn, one with his hand on the other's shoulder and leaning forward to left, pointing out the words 'Hic Iacet' on the plinth; after Cosway. 1800 Soft-ground etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Maria Cosway
After:
Richard Cosway
Published by:
Ackermann
School/style
British
Production date
1800
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
soft-ground etching
Dimensions
Height:
406 millimetres
Width:
286 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For the set see 1868,0612.636.
Bibliographic references
Daniell 1890 / A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of Richard Cosway, R.A.
(222)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
tomb/mausoleum
Associated names
Portrait of:
Philip Pleydell-Bouverie
Portrait of:
Frederick Pleydell-Bouverie
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
F Halsted
Acquisition date
1875
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1875,0814.1394