- 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), Plate: 19 1/2 x 26 inches (49.5 x 66 cm), Image: 17 1/8 × 24 3/8 inches (43.5 × 61.9 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:
- angels | Apollo and Diana kill Niobe's children | arrows | bridge (built work) | busts | children | clouds | destruction | geology | Greek | heroine | legend | lightning | men | murder | religious and mythological subject | rocks (landforms) | science | sculpture | suffering | Suffering, misfortune of Niobe | waterfalls | women
- Associated Places:
- Boeotia | Greece | Thebes | Voíótía
- Associated People:
- Apollo
Diana
Niobe - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40392
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