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Cupid on an Eagle (or Ganymede?)

Maker

(artist)

(engraver)
1759-1838

(publisher)
1764-1834

Title

Cupid on an Eagle (or Ganymede?)

Date of Production

16.2.1800

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.6 cm
Width: 14.7 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3998

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





















flowing

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left image & recto : : R Cosway Dt. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right image & recto : : Maria Cy Sc. [very faintly inscribed] //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : Pub. 16 Feb 1800, by R. Ackermann, at his Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand, London.

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

Inscription: inscription : pen : lower centre mount & recto : later Witt inscription : RICHARD COSWAY / LONDON //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower right mount & recto : later Witt inscription : M //

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