Orpheus
Print
1788 (published), 01/09/1781 (dated)
1788 (published), 01/09/1781 (dated)
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Print depicting Orpheus. At the bottom of the sheet is a heraldic achievement.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Mezzotint |
Brief description | Print entitled 'Orpheus'. Mezzotint by Richard Earlom after Castiglione, 1788. |
Physical description | Print depicting Orpheus. At the bottom of the sheet is a heraldic achievement. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Castiglione pinxt R. Earlom sc Jn Boydell Excudit, Publish'd Septbr. 1st. 1781.' (Lettered) |
Credit line | Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood |
Object history | This print is a plate from Houghton Gallery, published by John and Josiah Boydell, London, 1788. |
Production | The accession entry states that this print was published as a plate in Houghton Gallery in 1788, but is originally dated on the print 1st September 1781. Attribution note: Undescribed state between 1st and 2nd state. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
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Accession number | E.351-1959 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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