The Cave of Despair
Maker
(artist)
1738-1820
(draughtsman)
1787-1844
(engraver)
1782-1870
(publisher)
1782-1870
1738-1820
(draughtsman)
1787-1844
(engraver)
1782-1870
(publisher)
1782-1870
Title
The Cave of Despair
Date of Production
2 December 1811
Medium
Copper-plate engraving
Dimensions
Height: 23.2 cm
Width: 30.5 cm
Width: 30.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3531.10
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
Keywords
Una
Notes
Part of a print series by Henry Moses for The Gallery of Pictures Painted by Benjamin West, published between 1811 and 1817.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper right, printed above image: Plate 10.
Signature: Recto: lower right, printed in image: B West. / Painted 1772.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower left, printed below image: Painted by B. West, P. R. A.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: Drawn by H. Corbould.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower right, printed below image: Engraved by H. Moses.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: THE CAVE OF DESPAIR.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: Published Dec.r 2. 1811, by H. Moses, 65 Newman Street.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, pencil: 1772
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, black ink: RA 1773 (309)
Inscription: Recto: lower right, typed: T. O.
Stamp: Recto: right margin, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY
Signature: Recto: lower right, printed in image: B West. / Painted 1772.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower left, printed below image: Painted by B. West, P. R. A.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: Drawn by H. Corbould.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower right, printed below image: Engraved by H. Moses.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: THE CAVE OF DESPAIR.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: Published Dec.r 2. 1811, by H. Moses, 65 Newman Street.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, pencil: 1772
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, black ink: RA 1773 (309)
Inscription: Recto: lower right, typed: T. O.
Stamp: Recto: right margin, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY
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