print
- Museum number
- Hh,11.74
- Description
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The martyrdom of St Placidus and Flavia: A pirate about to decapitate St Placidus, Flavia's body with her head decapitated on the floor to the right; after a drawing by Guercino; in rectangular frame imitating a wash mount; from Tome II of Charles Rogers 'Prints in Imitation of Drawings' (London: Printed by J. Nichols and sold by J. Boydell, 1778). 1762
Etching and mezzotint
- Production date
- 1762
- Dimensions
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Height: 290 millimetres
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Width: 334 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For the accompanying text, see Vol.2, p.114 of the same publication. For a comment on Rogers 'Prints in Imitation of Drawings', see Hh,11.1.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings
- Acquisition date
- 1778
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by British Museum Trustees in 1778
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Hh,11.74
- Additional IDs
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Other BM number: 1979,U.822
