The Cyclops at Their Forge
date: label: date made
content: 1788
name: label: publisher
content: Boydell, John
label: publisher
content: Boydell, Josiah
label: original artist
content: Giordano, Luca
label: engraver
content: Murphy, John
notes: label: Description
content: Mezzotint after painting by Luca Giordano once in the Salon at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, as Vulcan’s Forge. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2. Marsh probably wrote the numeral 66 in pencil in the lower right corner. Notation on mounting sheet indicates the print was taken out for framing in 1894. SI Secretary's Library stamp embossed in lower margin over publisher's name.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: Subject
content: Mythology
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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: 1978.0534.03.68
label: accession number
content: 1978.0534
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0534.03.68
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Name
content: mezzotint
label: Object Type
content: Mezzotint
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 52.75 cm x 38.25 cm; 20 25/32 in x 15 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: plate: 50.25 cm x 35.5 cm; 19 25/32 in x 13 31/32 in