210 Thomas Burke after Angelica Kauffman, Andromache Weeping over the Ashes...

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Description: Andromache Weeping over the Ashes of Hector

TitleAndromache Weeping over the Ashes of Hector

Creator nameBurke, Thomas

Creator name (description)After Angelica Kauffman

Creator nationality/cultureIrish

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1771

Object typePrint

MaterialsMezzotint

Dimensions50.5 × 35.5 cm

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1879-0614-829

Accession number1879,0614.829

SubjectsGrief in artMythology, Greek, in artMezzotint, engraving--18th century

StatusProof before engraved inscription; published by William Wynne Ryland

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I. Neoclassicism: Some Problems of Definition

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Transformations in Late Eighteenth-Century Art

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Robert Rosenblum

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.3-49

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00288.1

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Chapter subject tags:Neoclassicism (Art)Painting, French--18th centuryDavid, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825Vien, Joseph-Marie, 1716-1809Flaxman, John, 1755-1826Canova, Antonio, 1757-1822Painting, British--18th centuryKauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807

6. Institutions, Exhibitions, Prizes and Reviews

Timothy Clayton

The English Print: 1688–1802

~THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE FOUNDATION OF THE Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce in 1754 and the decline of the Incorporated Society of Artists of Great Britain about 1775 saw dramatic advances in contemporary art publishing. By providing funds and initiating competitions the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce...

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Timothy Clayton

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.181-206

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00242.009

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Chapter subject tags:Art, British--Exhibitions--18th centuryLandscape prints, British--18th centuryArt and society--Britain--History--18th centuryPortrait prints, British--18th centuryReynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792Printsellers--EnglandBoydell, John, 1719-1804

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