PrintsSwiss18th century

The Purser

February 15, 1799

Artists

Henri MerkeArtist

Thomas RowlandsonArtist after

Ackermann & Co.Publisher

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching and aquatint

Medium

Hand-colored etching with aquatint

Culture

Swiss

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 26 × 20.5 cm (10 1/4 × 8 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Jsrael Ber Neumann, Berlin, Munich, and New York, by descent; to Elsa Schmid Neumann, his wife, 1961, by descent; to Peter G. Neumann, their son, Palo Alto, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

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