Queen Judith Relating to Alfred the Great When a Child the Song of the Bards, Describing the Heroic Deeds of his Ancestors
Print
1801 (made)
1801 (made)
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Print depicting Queen Judith telling stories to the young Alfred the Great.
Object details
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| Title | Queen Judith Relating to Alfred the Great When a Child the Song of the Bards, Describing the Heroic Deeds of his Ancestors (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour aquatint and soft ground etching with additional colouring by hand |
| Brief description | 'Queen Judith Relating to Alfred the Great When a Child the Song of the Bards', colour aquatint and soft ground etching, Richard Westall, 1801 |
| Physical description | Print depicting Queen Judith telling stories to the young Alfred the Great. |
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| Object history | A watercolour of this subject in the same sense dated 1799 which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1800, no 423, is now in the British Museum [O.o.3-12]. In 1801 the artist exhibited at the Royal Academy, no 569, another work with the same title described as an example of "a print in imitation of a drawing". For a note on the decoration of the frame see WESTALL, Richard Cardinal Bourchier. E.225-1990. |
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| Accession number | E.226-1990 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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