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Pylades and Orestes

Maker

(artist)
1738-1820

John Kennerley (engraver)
1829 (active)

(publisher)

Title

Pylades and Orestes

Date of Production

c. 1829

Medium

Stipple and line engraving

Dimensions

Height: 20.3 cm
Width: 24.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3518

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper right, blue ink: 439D4

Maker's mark: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: Engraved by J. Kennerley

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: PYLADES AND ORESTES. / From the Original Picture by B. West, in / The National Gallery / No. 13.

Maker's mark: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: Jones & Co. Temple of the Muses. Finsbury Square. London.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, red ink: B. WEST.

Stamp: Recto: right margin, stamped in black: Ex Cornish Collection / Pres. to Hampstead Public / Library 1928.

Stamp: Recto: right margin, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY 1976

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