The Prodigal Son
date: label: date made
content: 1775
name: label: publisher
content: Boydell, John
label: delineator
content: Earlom, Richard
label: engraver
content: Michel, Jean Baptiste
label: original artist
content: Rosa, Salvator
notes: label: Description
content: Line engraving from original painting by Salvator Rosa once in the Gallery at Houghton, now in State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Print tipped onto sheet bound in George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1.This is the smaller of two engravings after Rosa's painting included in the Houghton Gallery set; it was delineated by Richard Earlom and engraved by J. B. Michel.
label: Description
content: Claiming that this print in volume one was “too small for such a capital picture,” the publisher introduced another larger version for volume two, also delineated by Earlom but engraved by Simon Ravenet. It had first appeared in Boydell’s series, A Collection of Prints Engraved after the Most Capital Paintings in England, begun in 1769.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Marsh Collection
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Marsh Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0534.02.39
label: accession number
content: 1978.0534
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0534.02.39
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Name
content: line engraving
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28.3 cm x 22 cm; 11 5/32 in x 8 21/32 in
label: Measurements
content: plate: 25.7 cm x 19.3 cm; 10 1/8 in x 7 19/32 in