The prodigal son in the gallery at Houghton / [graphic]

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Title: The prodigal son in the gallery at Houghton / [graphic]
Creator: Michel, Jean-Baptiste, 1748-1804, printmaker
Contributor: Rosa, Salvatore, 1615-1673, artist.
Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, artist.
Boydell, John, 1720-1804, publisher.
Published / Created: [25 March 1775]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Mar. 25th, 1775, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
Description: Title from caption below image.
Text below title, in lower left: Size of the picture, 6 f. 6 1/3 i. by 8 f. 4 1/4 i. in height.
Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat.
Plate VIII 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. 1.
On same sheet: Joconda.
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 25.7 x 20 cm, on sheet 68 x 51 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English