James Barry and Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi
A Grecian Harvest Home
first published in 1792, printed in 1808 or after 1823
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- Artist: James Barry
- Publisher: Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi
A Grecian Harvest Home
first published in 1792, printed in 1808 or after 1823
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 508 × 688 mm. (20 × 27 1/16 in.)
Plate: 418 × 505 mm. (16 7/16 × 19 7/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the series "A Series of Etchings by James Barry, Esq. from his Original and Justly Celebrated Paintings, in the Great Room of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi"
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2870.2
Pressly, William L., The Tate Gallery, London, 'James Barry: The Artist as Hero,' February 9-March 20, 1983, no. 30, ill. p. 88.
Barry, James, 'A Letter to the Society of Arts,' in The Works of James Barry, ed. by Dr. Edward Fryer, London, 1809, v. 2, p. 422.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: B in plate: 'A Grecian Harvest Home / vos, o clarissima - Ye Deities who Fields and Plains Protect [...] Dryden's Virgil. / Painted Engraved & Publish'd by Jam. Barry R.A. Professor of Painting to the Royal Academy May·1·1791 [7 reversed]'; BR in plate: '3'.d'.
Markings: None
