Advanced Search
Requires Photography
Emma, Lady Hamilton as Thalia, the Muse of Comedy
1789
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 60.9 x 45.4 cm (24 x 17 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 43.5 x 31.7 cm (17 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 43.5 x 31.7 cm (17 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP13659
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Halsey 044, ii/ii; Apell 35 (Apell seems to have the states backwards, describing the first as before the name of Angelica Kauffman, the second with); Le Blanc 152
Marks
Verso, lower left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)
NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.
NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.