The Doctors of the Church
date: label: date made
content: 1785
name: label: engraver
content: Sharp, William
label: original artist
content: Reni, Guido
label: delineator
content: Farington, George
label: publisher
content: Boydell, John
notes: label: Description
content: Engraving after painting by Guido Reni once in the Gallery at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2. William Sharp's print was long considered a masterpiece of the English school of engraving. The Doctors or Fathers of the Catholic Church are shown discussing the doctrine of Immaculate Conception.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: Subject
content: Virgin Mary
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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: Religion
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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: 1978.0534.03.60
label: accession number
content: 1978.0534
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0534.03.60
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Name
content: engraving
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 64.5 cm x 43 cm; 25 13/32 in x 16 15/16 in