Object Details
original artist
Van Dyck, Anthony
engraver
Gunst, Pieter Stevens van
publisher
Boydell, John
Boydell, Josiah
Description
Engraving after painting by Anthony van Dyck once in the Drawing Room at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, with the landscape background attributed to van Dyck’s workshop. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2, the last print in the volume. Marsh probably wrote the numeral 69 in pencil in the lower right corner. This plate was first published in 1716 and reprinted for the Houghton Gallery series. Script engraved below the title: “The only Daughters of Philip Lord Wharton by Elizabeth his First Lady.”
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Marsh Collection
date made
1778
ID Number
1978.0534.03.71
accession number
1978.0534
catalog number
1978.0534.03.71
Object Name
Print
print
engraving
Object Type
Engraving
Other Terms
Print; Intaglio; Engraving
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 52.25 cm x 33.5 cm; 20 9/16 in x 13 3/16 in
place made
United Kingdom: England, London
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Children
Dogs
Costume
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_786111