Jason [graphic]

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Description

Title
Jason [graphic]
Creator
Boydell, John, 1720-1804, printmaker
Contributor
Rosa, Salvatore, 1615-1673, artist.
Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, artist.
Boydell, John, 1720-1804, publisher.
Published / Created
Novr. 2d, 1765.
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
Abstract

"Jason leaning forward across a rock from the right, pouring the magic sleeping potion given to him by Medea over the back of the dragon, which curls its head backwards to right, in a forested, rocky landscape; after Salvator Rosa."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from text below image.
Coat of arms engraved below image, with text etched on either side.
Dedication below title: From the original picture ... in the collection of The Right Honourable the Earl of Besborough, to whom this plate is ... dedicated by His Lordship's most obliged and most humble servant, J. Boydell.
Text below dedication in lower left: Size of the picture, 2 f. 6 i. in height, 2, 1 1/4 wide.
Plate from: A collection of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in England. London: [J. Boydell, 1769], v. 1.
Plate numbered in lower left corner: No. 24.
Provenance
Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 51.4 x 39 cm, on sheet 68 x 50 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Drawer 769.00.00.81

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Reproductions
Engravings England London 1765
Etchings England London 1765
Material
etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > London > 1765

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9968807
Object ID (OID)
15808892

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