The Shepherd
The Shepherd
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- Description
- Engraving from original painting by P. P. Roos (also known as Rosa da Tivoli) once in the Embroider’d Bed Chamber at Houghton. Originally in the Hermitage Palace, later in the Gatchina Palace; believed to have been sold during the 1920s; current location unknown. Print tipped onto sheet bound in George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- print, engraving
- Object Type
- Engraving
- date made
- 1778
- engraver
- Canot, Pierre Charles
- delineator
- Farington, Joseph
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- original artist
- Roos, Philipp Peter
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- plate: 30 cm x 37.5 cm; 11 13/16 in x 14 3/4 in
- sheet: 32.8 cm x 40.5 cm; 12 29/32 in x 15 15/16 in
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.02.60
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.02.60
- Credit Line
- Marsh Collection
- subject
- Animals
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Communications
- Marsh Collection
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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