The Birth of Venus
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: James Barry
Artist bio: Irish, Cork 1741–1806 London
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Irish
Date: ca. 1791
Medium: Etching and engraving with touches of aquatint; sixth state of seven
Dimensions: Plate: 15 15/16 × 23 in. (40.5 × 58.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 13/16 × 24 5/16 in. (42.7 × 61.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1977
Accession year: 1977