Hercules & Omphale in the Carlo Maratt room at Houghton / [graphic]

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Title: Hercules & Omphale in the Carlo Maratt room at Houghton / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Hercules and Omphale
Creator: Michel, Jean-Baptiste, 1748-1804, printmaker
Contributor: Romanelli, Giovanni Francesco, 1610-1662, artist.
Boydell, John, 1720-1804, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 May 1779]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published May 1st, 1779, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
Description: Title from caption below image.
Text below title: Size of the picture, 3 f. 1 1/2 i. by 4 f. 3 i. long.
Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat.
Plate VII from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2.
On same sheet: Venus & Cupid.
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 23.6 x 28 cm, on sheet 68 x 51 cm
Language: English

Genre: Reproductions
Etchings England London 1779
Engravings England London 1779
Material: etching and engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > London > 1779

Access: Public
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