Johann Sebastian Müller, Eustache Le Sueur, J. Boydell
Nero Depositing the Ashes of Britannicus
1764
Scroll
Johann Sebastian Müller, Eustache Le Sueur, J. Boydell
Nero Depositing the Ashes of Britannicus
1764
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving with hand coloring, Sheet: 541 x 401 mm. (21 5/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
Image: 440 x 361 mm. (17 5/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.1897
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1883-1884): vol. III, pp. 941-942 [CSmH].
Russell, Charles Edward. English mezzotint portraits and their states (London: Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd., 1926): pp. 228 [MH-FA].
Russell, Charles Edward. English mezzotint portraits and their states (London: Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd., 1926): pp. 228 [MH-FA].
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Le Sueur Pinxt E. Edwards delint"; below image, lower center, in plate six lines of text beginning "Nero depositing the ashes of Britannicus. / From the Original Picture painted by LeSueur,..."; below image, lower right, in plate "J.S. Müller sculpsit"; below image, lower left, in plate "No 17.-"; below image, lower right, in plate "J. Boydell."; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "11775" Verso: lower left in graphite indecipherable
Markings: CM: Claghorn