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Landscape with an obelisk

Print
ca.1773 (published)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Byron, Richard (Hon. and Rev.) (print-makers)
Shropshire, Walter (publisher)
Place of origin
London (published)

Etching and drypoint depicting the bottom section of an obelisk on the left. There is a farmhouse to the right, with buildings in the distance.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Monuments
Farming
Copies and Facsimiles
Object type
print
Titles
  • Landscape with an obelisk (published title)
  • An Entire New Work ... Twelve Fine Etchings (after Rembrandt) by the Hon. and Rev. Richard Byron (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper (Fiber Product)
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by Richard Byron, 'Landscape with an obelisk', after a work by Rembrandt. From 'An Entire New Work ... Twelve Fine Etchings ..., London, ca.1773.
Physical description
Etching and drypoint depicting the bottom section of an obelisk on the left. There is a farmhouse to the right, with buildings in the distance.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.7cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Width: 15.7cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Volume height: 22.2cm (Note: Taken from Register of Engraving 1902-1904)
  • Volume width: 31.7cm (Note: Taken from Register of Engraving 1902-1904)
Production typeCopy
Subjects depicted
Obelisks
Farmhouses
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • Taken from Register of Engraving 1902-1904
  • Middleton, Charles Henry, A Descriptive Catalogue of the etched work of Rembrandt Van Rhyn, London: John Murray, 1878, p.289.
  • Taken from Register of Engraving 1902-1904
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue in Two Volumes, I. Text. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2640-1902

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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