Figures engraved by William Sharp, 1749–1824, BritishLandscape engraved by Samuel Smith, 1745–1808, Britishafter Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)Published by Samuel Smith, 1745–1808, British
Title:
Niobe
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/4 x 26 1/8 inches (50.2 x 66.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered lower left: "The Figures Engraved by Willm. Sharp."; lower center: NIOBE | From the First Picture on that Subject Painted by Richard Wilson Esq. R.A. | In the Collection of Sir George Beaumont Bart. To whom this Plate is respectfully Dedicated by his obliged humble Servant Samuel Smith - | London Publifhed as the Act directs by S.Smith, No.58 Cattle ftreet eaft Oxford-ftreet May 31, 1792."; lower right: "The Landscape by Saml. Smith."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.14569
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
Suffering, misfortune of Niobe | Apollo and Diana kill Niobe's children | angels | clouds | religious and mythological subject | rocks (landforms) | destruction | geology | science | women | suffering | lightning | children | men | heroine | Greek | arrows | bridge (built work) | waterfalls | sculpture | busts | murder | legend
Associated Places:
Greece | Thebes | Boeotia | Voíótía
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Picturesque and Sublime - Thomas Cole's Trans-Atlantic Inheritance (Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 2018-04-29 - 2018-11-04)Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-03-06 - 2014-06-01)Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24)The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)
Publications:
Timothy J. Barringer, Picturesque and sublime : Thomas Cole's trans-Atlantic inheritance, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2018, pp. 90-91, no. 3, NJ18 .C67 B37 2018 (YCBA)Martin Postle, Richard Wilson and the transformation of European landscape painting, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014, pp. 142, 290, 291, no. 111, fig. 121, NJ18.W72 R53 2014 OVERSIZE (YCBA)