A Nymph and Shepherd

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Object Details

original artist

Cignani, Carlo

delineator

Farington, George

engraver

Michel, Jean Baptiste

publisher

Boydell, John

Description

Line engraving after original painting by Carlo Cignani once in the Gallery at Houghton. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Print tipped onto sheet bound in George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1. The painting's title has varied as nymph or shepherdess over the years.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Marsh Collection

date made

1775

ID Number

1978.0534.02.49

accession number

1978.0534

catalog number

1978.0534.02.49

Object Name

engraving

Object Type

Engraving

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements

sheet: 34 cm x 40.5 cm; 13 3/8 in x 15 15/16 in

plate: 31.4 cm x 38 cm; 12 3/8 in x 14 31/32 in

place made

United Kingdom: England, London

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

Communications

Marsh Collection

Art

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Animals

Landscape

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b0-ebc4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1694061