A Sea Port

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Mounting sheet for print in Houghton Gallery binding

Object Details

original artist

Lorrain, Claude

delineator

Farington, Joseph

engraver

Canot, Pierre Charles

publisher

Boydell, John

Description

Line engraving from original painting by Claude Lorrain, also called Claude Gellée, once in the Gallery at Houghton. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Alternate title: Morning in the Harbor. Print removed from George P. Marsh's copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1. Notation on mounting sheet in pencil by S. R. Koehler: "A Sea Port. Claude le Lorrain. Canot. Taken out for framing, Mar. 17, '94." SI Secretary's Library stamp embossed below image.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Marsh Collection

date made

1775

ID Number

1978.0534.02.40

catalog number

1978.0534.02.40

accession number

1978.0534

Object Name

line engraving

Object Type

Engraving

Other Terms

Print; Intaglio; Engraving

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 33 cm x 41 cm; 13 in x 16 5/32 in

plate: 30.25 cm x 38.25 cm; 11 29/32 in x 15 1/16 in

place made

United Kingdom: England, London

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Communications

Marsh Collection

Art

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Maritime

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-ad55-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_786038