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The Cave of Despair

Maker

(artist)
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

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





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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

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