Breaking up of the Agamemnon, no. II
Item Information
- Title:
- Breaking up of the Agamemnon, no. II
- Title (alt.):
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Breaking up of the Agamemnon (the second plate)
- Description:
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The scene of the Agamemnon, with pinnace near her stern, being dismantled. In the distance a view of Greenwich and, in the foreground, dock and boats.
- Artist:
- Haden, Francis Seymour, 1818-1910
- Name on Item:
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Seymour Haden
- Date:
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[ca. 1880]
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Mezzotints
Etchings
Marine prints
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910). Prints and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Waterfronts
Boats
Warships
- Places:
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England > London > Greenwich
England > Thames (river)
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching and mezzotint ; plate mark 26 x 48 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5138jq649
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from material accompanying item.
Schneiderman 198; Harrington 229
Additional information accompanying item: Pure etching. The plate is re-bitten and the sail in outline is added.
- Notes (acquisition):
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Gift; L. Lebowich; 1945
- Notes (date):
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Date from catalogue raisonné.
Dated: 1880 and later
- Notes (citation):
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Schneiderman, Richard S. (Richard Steven). "A catalogue raisonné of the prints of Sir Francis Seymour Haden." Robin Garton Ltd., 1983, London.
Harrington, Henry Nazeby. "The Engraved Work of Sir Francis Seymour Haden, P.R.E. : an illustrated and descriptive catalogue." H. Young & Sons, 1910, Liverpool.
- Notes (object):
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Fifth state (Harrington trial proof B, about 15 impressions). The mizzenmast redrawn but is not complete. Additional work on the barge and to the right of the mizzenmast. There is foul-biting at the edges of the plate.
- Identifier:
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18_05_000109
- Barcode:
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36666000034625
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