Hamam's Condemnation

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Artist/Maker	Houston, Richard (engraver) Boydell, John (publisher) Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Print depicting Haman, finely dressed and wearing a turban, looking down with his left hand on his breast. In the background, on either side, are two men - one with a grey beard and the other with a dark beard and wearing a turban.

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Categories	Prints Christianity Religion
Object type	Print
Title	Hamam's Condemnation (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint Mezzotint
Brief description	Print entitled 'Hamam's Condemnation'. Mezzotint by Richard Houston after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1775.
Physical description	Print depicting Haman, finely dressed and wearing a turban, looking down with his left hand on his breast. In the background, on either side, are two men - one with a grey beard and the other with a dark beard and wearing a turban.
Dimensions	Height: 50.8cm Width: 35.6cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	'From the Original Picture in the Collection of John Blackwood Esqr. Rembrandt pinxit. Richd. Houston fecit. John Boydell excudit 1775. Published August. 24th. 1775 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.' (Lettered with title, size of picture and)
Credit line	Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted	Turban Haman
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.419-1959

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568712/hamams-condemnation-print-houston-richard/

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