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Artist and publisher John Boydell British
After Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) Italian
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Title: Plate 33: a shepherd and his wife at left with sheep and cows, finding the infant Cyrus at left, suckled by a dog, from 'The Most Capital Paintings in England'
Series/Portfolio: 'The Most Capital Paintings in England'
Artist and publisher:
John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London)
Artist:
After Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) (Italian, Genoa 1609–1664 Mantua)
Date: 1766
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 17 1/16 × 21 1/8 in. (43.4 × 53.6 cm)
Sheet: 19 1/16 × 23 1/16 in. (48.4 × 58.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number: 62.600.757
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