print; album

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Object Type: print; album
Museum number: 1931,0413.500
Description: Two men in classical dress in a prison cell, one in armour falling back into the arms of the other, shading his eyes, while the other leans forward with amazement to right, gesturing towards and looking through the round barred window which is suddenly flooded with light; after Richard Cosway; state before mezzotint. Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Maria Cosway; After: Richard Cosway
School/style
Production date: 1774-1805
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 228 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 195 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The print is pasted in volume II of Richard Bull's collection of prints by amateurs, see 1931,0413.1. Daniell groups this with a series of 'Mythological Subjects', by Maria after Richard Cosway.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Colnaghi; Donated by: Maria Cosway
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Richard Bull; Previous owner/ex-collection: Elizabeth Bull; Previous owner/ex-collection: Richard Henry Alexander Bennet; Previous owner/ex-collection: Richard Henry Alexander Bennet
Acquisition date: 1931
Acquisition notes: See 1931,0413.498.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1931,0413.500

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