Details
- Dimensions
- 17.5ʺW × 1ʺD × 15.75ʺH
- Art Subjects
- Figure
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Artist
- Sir William Hamilton
- Period
- 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Engraving
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Unknown, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- In very good condition with minor imperfections as shown. In very good condition with minor imperfections as shown. less
- Description
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Sir William Hamilton was the British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples from 1764 to 1800. Before returning to England, …
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Sir William Hamilton was the British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples from 1764 to 1800. Before returning to England, he commissioned drawings of his classical antiquities collection. The second catalogue of his collection was edited and illustrated by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751–1829), Director of the Naples Academy of Art, and titled Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases Mostly of Pure Greek Workmanship Discovered in Sepulchres in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies but Chiefly in the Neighbourhood of Naples During the Course of the Years MDCCLXXXIX and MDCCLXXXX. The ship carrying the actual vases, the HMS Colossus, sunk in 1798 and the cargo was lost; the engravings are the only record remaining. Electra and Orestes is Plate 15 from volume 2 of the outline catalogue. Nicely matted and framed, ready to display. Part of a set of three engravings in matching frames listed separately. In very good condition with minor imperfections as shown.
Measurements: Frame: 17 1/2" wide by 15 3/4" high by 1" deep; mat opening: 11 1/4" wide by 9 1/2" high approximately. less
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