Print made by John Smith, the mezzotinter, 1652–1743, British, The Triumph of Galatea, 1701
- Title:
- The Triumph of Galatea
- Additional Title(s):
- Acis and Galatea
- Date:
- 1701
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 × 9 7/8 inches (43.2 × 25.1 cm), Plate: 16 11/16 × 9 5/8 inches (42.4 × 24.4 cm), Image: 16 3/16 × 9 5/8 inches (41.1 × 24.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "26 | 1"; lower left: "#1"
Lettered, lower center: "A:da Correggio Pinx: J:Smith Fecit 1701. Ex collectione Nobilissimi Marchionis Normanbiae. | Sold by J. Smith at Ye Lyon & Crown in Russell street Covent Garden-"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1253
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- armband | arrows | bows | bracelets | clouds | crown | cupids | doves | mountains | necklace | nude | nymph | pearls | quiver | reins | religious and mythological subject | sea | shell | shore (landform) | triumph | wings | woman
- Associated People:
- Galatea
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23101
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Fancy Pieces - Genre Mezzotints by Robert Robinson & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1994-11-19 - 1995-01-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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