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The Shepherds in Arcadia

Maker

After
(artist)
1594-1665

(intermediary draughtsman)
1740-1779

(printmaker)
born 1706 or 1721, died 1774 (Life dates)

(publisher)
1719-1804

Title

The Shepherds in Arcadia

Date of Production

1763

Medium

etching and engraving
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 51.5 cm
Width: 38.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6601

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: J. Mortimer delin.t / Size of the picture 2.8 by 3.3 1/2 in Height / No. 3. Published according to Act of Parliament, 1st. March 1763, by J. Boydell Engraver, Cheapside //

Inscription: The SHEPHERDS in ARCADIA. / From the Original Picture, by Nicolas Poussin, in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire; / To whom this PLATE is most humbly Dedicated By his Graces most Obliged, and / Most devoted Servant. //

Inscription: J. BOYDELL. //

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