Object Number 1980.0129 A

Object Name

Print (Line engraving)

Title

TOBIAS and the ANGEL

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Graham Dougherty, III

Creator (Role)

William Woollett and John Emes (Engraver)

Gerard de Lairesse and Johannes Glauber (Painters)

William Woollett (Publisher)
08/15/1735-05/23/1785
Woollett was apprenticed to John Tinney, an engraver in Fleet Street, London, and studied in the St Martin's Lane academy. His first important plate was from the "Niobe" of Richard Wilson, published by Boydell in 1761, which was followed in 1763 by a companion engraving from the "Phaethon" of the same painter. After West he engraved his fine plate of the "Battle of La Hogue" (1781), and the "Death of General Wolfe" (1776), which is usually considered Woollett's masterpiece.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

Place of publication.

Date

May 2 1785 (1785-1785)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; Engraved by W. Woollett and J. Emes.
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; The Landscape painted by Glauber and the Figures by G. Lairesse.
3. Inscription; Lower center, beneath the title; Publish'd as the Act directs, 2 May 1785, by W.\m Woollett N,\o 1, North Street, Charlette Street, Rathbone Place, London.

Subjects

Religious imagery; Biblical scene

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

15.5 (H) , 18.6 (W) , 14.6 (Image H) , 17.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

39.4 (H) , 47.2 (W) , 14.6 (Image H) , 17.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 15.2 in. (38.5 cm). Plate W: 18.3 in. (46.5 cm). H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Woollett, William

Publication Date

05/02/1785

Place of Publication

1 North Street, Charlette Street, Rathbone Place, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

none

Object Description

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