Description

Engraving after original painting by Gaspard Dughet [called Poussin] once in the Gallery at Houghton. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, with descriptive title Landscape with a Fisherman. Print tipped onto sheet bound in George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1.

The painter Gaspard Dughet took the name Poussin after the French artist Nicolas Poussin, his mentor and the husband of his sister.

date made

1775

original artist

Dughet, Gaspard

delineator

Farington, Joseph

publisher

Boydell, John

engraver

Mason, James

place made

United Kingdom: England, London

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 40.2 cm x 48.1 cm; 15 13/16 in x 18 15/16 in

ID Number

1978.0534.02.51

accession number

1978.0534

catalog number

1978.0534.02.51

Credit Line

Marsh Collection

subject

Landscape

Fishing

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Data Source

National Museum of American History