Unknown Artist
Cupid
n.d.
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Unknown Artist
Cupid
n.d.
Physical Qualities
Mezzotint and etching, Sheet: 390 × 287 mm. (15 3/8 × 11 5/16 in.)
Image: 169 × 169 mm. (6 5/8 × 6 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2570
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b).; James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c)
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: BC in plate: 'CUPID. / 'As bards have seen him in their dreams, / Down the blue Ganges laughing glide / Upon a rosy lotus wreath. / Catching, fresh lustre from the tide / That with his image shone beneath.' / Vide Lalla Rookh (the light of the Harem.)'; LR (graphite): 'o'; BRC (graphite, in diamond): '6538', & 'B.1'. VERSO: C (graphite): '19-25'; LL: Claghorn stamp in red ink; LR: Garrett stamp (Lugt supp. 2435b).
Markings: none - none
Artist
Unknown Artist
