Johann Friedrich Bause and Johann Samuel Bach
Damon and Musidora
1757-1813
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching and aquatint, Sheet: 258 x 365 mm. (10 3/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
Plate: 245 x 348 mm. (9 5/8 x 13 11/16 in.)
Image: 236 x 338 mm. (9 5/16 x 13 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.10790
The subject matter relates to James Thomson's poem "Summer", first published in 1730.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; Garrett Collection; T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "von J. S. Bach gezeichnet"; below image, center, in plate "DAMON und MVSIDORA aus Thomsons Somer."; below image, lower right, in plate "von F.F. Bause geätzt 1788". Verso: lower left in graphite diamond with "10125"
Markings: CM: Claghorn
