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William Woollett, 1735–1785, British, Meleager and Atalanta, 1779
- Title:
- Meleager and Atalanta
- Date:
- 1779
- Materials & Techniques:
- Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 1/2 x 21 5/8 inches (44.5 x 54.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered lower left: "Painted by R Wilson."; lower center: "Engraved from an ORIGINAL PICTURE Painted by R Wilson. | London, Printed for R.Sayer & J.Bennett, No.53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1st. December, 1779."; lower right: "Engraved by W.Woollett & B.Pouncy."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.14568
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- Atalanta and Meleager hunting | boar | hunting | religious and mythological subject
- Associated People:
- Meleager
Atalante - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40376
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Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Matthew Craske, Joseph Wright of Derby : Painter of darkness, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, p. 211, fig. 139, NJ18.W95 C72 2020+ (YCBA) [YCBA]
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