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Mary Magdelene praying in the desert, from series Imitations in chalk from drawings by R.Cosway RA

Maker

(artist)

(engraver)
1759-1838

(publisher)
1764-1834

Title

Mary Magdelene praying in the desert, from series Imitations in chalk from drawings by R.Cosway RA

Date of Production

10.5.1800

Medium

soft-ground etching

Dimensions

Height: 18.9 cm
Width: 24.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4006

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

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: recto: lower left, artist: R. Cosway RA. delt.

Inscription: recto: lower right, engraver: Mrs Cosway sculp.

Inscription: recto: lower centre, publisher : Pub. 10 May 1800 by R Ackermann at his Repository of the Arts 101 Strand London.

Inscription: recto: typewritten, lower centre, artist : R. COSWAY.

Stamp: recto: stamped in black, lower left, provenance : WITT / LIBRARY.

Stamp: recto: stamped in red, lower left corner : M.

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