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Object Type
Museum number: 1877,0609.1788
Description: The death of the widow's son: a seated mother holding a veil to her face mourns her dead child lying on a bed beside her, an illustration to Kings I ch.17, after Prince Hoare; published state. 1782 Mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: James Walker; After: Prince Hoare; Published by: James Walker
School/style
Production date: 1784
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 353 millimetres; Width: 404 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (undescribed); Cross 1993 / Engraved in the memory: James Walker, engraver to the Empress Catherine the Great, and his Russian anecdotes (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1877
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1877,0609.1788

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