The death of Seneca [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The death of Seneca [graphic]
- Creator
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774, printmaker
- Contributor
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Giordano, Luca, 1634-1705, artist.
Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, artist.
Boydell, John, 1720-1804, publisher. - Published / Created
- published Octr. 1st, 1768.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- J. Boydell
- Abstract
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"Seneca sitting on the right, his feet in a basin of water, supported by two men, gesturing and looking to right towards two young men who take down his last teachings, one kneeling, while four others lean in attentively from the left, two with paper and quills, columns behind and richly dressed men with a soldier gathered among the columns in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title from text below image.
Coat of arms engraved below image with the motto: Cor unum via una.
Dedication below title: From the original picture ... in the collection of The Right Honourable the Earl of Exeter, to whom this plate is dedicated, by His Lordship's most obliged and most humble servant, John Boydell.
Text below dedication in lower left: Size of the picture, 8 f. 4 i. by 10 f. 2 i. in length.
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. 50. - 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 48.4 x 61 cm, on sheet 50 x 67 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Drawer 769.00.00.83
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Historical reenactments
Reproductions
Engravings England London 1768
Etchings England London 1768 - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.,
- Subject (Topic)
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Suicides
Basins (Containers)
Writing materials
Columns
Soldiers - Subjects
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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Suicides
Basins (Containers)
Writing materials
Columns
Soldiers
England > London > 1768
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9977575
- Object ID (OID)
- 15808894
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