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Despair of Venus Over the Dead Body of Adonis, The

Maker

(artist)
1738-1820

(draughtsman)
1787-1844

(engraver)
1782-1870

(publisher)
1782-1870

Title

Despair of Venus Over the Dead Body of Adonis, The

Date of Production

1811 = 1817

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 28 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3531.9

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: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Drawn by H. Corbould. Engraved by H. Moses. / THE DESPAIR OF VENUS OVER THE DEAD BODY OF ADONIS. / Published Dec. 2.1811 by H. Moses, 65. Newman Street. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & recto : : Plate 9. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left & within image : : B West / 1803 //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : right margin & recto : later Witt inscription : : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin & recto : later Witt inscription : : T.O. //

Inscription: inscription : pencil : lower margin & recto : later Witt inscription ? : : 1803 / Original [illegible] / Rutgers Univ. / NEW BRUNSWICK NJ. / U.S.A //

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