Print made by Mathieu Liart, 1736–1782, British, Venus Lamenting the Death of Adonis, 1783
- Title:
- Venus Lamenting the Death of Adonis
- Date:
- 1783
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 21 1/4 × 29 7/8 inches (54 × 75.9 cm), Sheet: 17 1/16 × 20 1/8 inches (43.3 × 51.1 cm), Plate: 16 13/16 × 19 13/16 inches (42.7 × 50.3 cm), Image: 15 3/8 × 19 inches (39.1 × 48.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "B.West Pinxt."; lettered, lower center: "VENUS LAMENTING THE DEATH OF ADONIS. | From the Original Picture, in the Collection of SIR WILLIAM YOUNG BART. | To whom this PLATE, is most Humbly Dedicated By his most Obliged Humble Servant | Matthew Liart. | Publish'd May 1st 1783, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London."; lettered, lower right: "Matthew Liart delin et Sculpt."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.14495
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40191
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