The Prodigal Son
date: label: date made
content: 1781
name: label: publisher
content: Boydell, John
label: engraver
content: Ravenet, Simon Francois
label: original artist
content: Rosa, Salvator
label: delineator
content: Earlom, Richard
notes: label: Description
content: Engraving from original painting by Salvator Rosa once in the Gallery at Houghton, Now in State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2. This is the larger of two engravings after Rosa's painting included in the Houghton Gallery set. Claiming that the print included in volume one was “too small for such a capital picture,” the publisher introduced another larger version for volume two, 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
topic: label: Subject
content: Animals
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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: 1978.0534.03.34
label: accession number
content: 1978.0534
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0534.03.34
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Name
content: engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 53.25 cm x 39.5 cm; 20 31/32 in x 15 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: plate: 51.75 cm x 38.25 cm; 20 3/8 in x 15 1/16 in