Cupid or Ganymede on eagle (or the infant Zeus?) from the series Imitations in chalk from drawings by R.Cosway RA
Maker
(artist)
(engraver)
1759-1838
(publisher)
1764-1834
(engraver)
1759-1838
(publisher)
1764-1834
Title
Cupid or Ganymede on eagle (or the infant Zeus?) from the series Imitations in chalk from drawings by R.Cosway RA
Date of Production
16.02.1800
Medium
soft ground etching
Dimensions
Height: 13.6 cm
Width: 14.7 cm
Width: 14.7 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3998
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, 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: recto: lower left, artist: R Cosway Dt.
Inscription: recto: lower right, engraver [very faint]: Maria Cy Sc.
Inscription: recto: lower centre, publisher : Pub. 16 Feb 1800, by R. Ackermann, at his Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand, London.
Stamp: recto: stamped in black: upper right, provenance : WITT / LIBRARY.
Inscription: recto: handwritten in blue: lower centre, artist : R. COSWAY.
Stamp: recto: stamped in red: lower right corner: M.
Inscription: recto: lower right, engraver [very faint]: Maria Cy Sc.
Inscription: recto: lower centre, publisher : Pub. 16 Feb 1800, by R. Ackermann, at his Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand, London.
Stamp: recto: stamped in black: upper right, provenance : WITT / LIBRARY.
Inscription: recto: handwritten in blue: lower centre, artist : R. COSWAY.
Stamp: recto: stamped in red: lower right corner: M.
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