Print made by Thomas Burke, 1749–1815, British, Andromache and Hecuba Weeping over the Ashes of Hector, 1771
- Title:
- Andromache and Hecuba Weeping over the Ashes of Hector
- Date:
- 1771
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, smooth, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 1/16 × 14 1/16 inches (51 × 35.7 cm), Image: 18 1/8 × 13 13/16 inches (46 × 35.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left under image: "Angelica Kauffman pinx."; lower right under image: "Tho. Burke fecit"; lower center: "Published as the Act directs July 29th 1771 by the proprietor Wm Wynne Ryland. London"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11821
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- ashes | chairs | children | cloaks | columns | crying | death | fires | Greek mythology | laurel crown | pillars | religious and mythological subject | sadness | stool | togas | urn | women
- Associated People:
- Hector
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31502
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