Print made by unknown artist, nineteenth century, Caractacus before Claudius, 1816
- Title:
- Caractacus before Claudius
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Illustrations from Camden's 'The imperial history of England'
- Date:
- 1816
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm), Plate: 12 × 7 1/4 inches (30.5 × 18.4 cm), Image: 10 1/4 × 6 1/4 inches (26 × 15.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper left: "Whitlocke 8 | 4.[6013]"
Lettered within image, lower center: "Caractacus Before | Claudius."; below image, lower center: "Published by Nuttall, Fisher, & Dixon, Liverpool. July, 1816."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2014.26.27
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- column (architectural element) | frame (furnishing) | historical subject | laurel crown | manacles | smoke
- Associated People:
- Caratacus [Caractacus] (fl. AD 40–51), king in Britain
Claudius [Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus] (10 BC–AD 54), Roman emperor - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:70570
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