Ovid's Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books

Multiple artists/makers

1717

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: Ovid's Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books
Author: Ovid (Roman, Sulmo 43 BCE–17 CE Tomis, Moesia)
Translator: Sir Samuel Garth (British, 1661–1719 London)
Translator: John Dryden (British, Aldwincle, Northamptonshire 1631–1700 London)
Translator: Joseph Addison (British, Milston, Wiltshire 1672–1719 Kensington, Middlesex)
Translator: John Gay (British, Barnstaple, Devon 1685–1732)
Artist: Vignette after Peter Berchet (French, 1659–1720 London)
Dedicatee: Caroline, Queen of England (British (born Germany), Ansbach 1683–1737 London)
Sitter: Caroline, Queen of England (British (born Germany), Ansbach 1683–1737 London)
Artist: After Sir Godfrey Kneller (German, Lübeck 1646–1723 London)
Engraver: George Vertue (British, London 1684–1756 London)
Engraver: Louis Du Guernier, the younger (French, Paris 1658/87–1716 London (active England))
Engraver: Michael Vandergucht (Flemish, Antwerp 1660–1725 London)
Engraver: Elisha Kirkall (British, Sheffield 1682–1742 London)
Engraver: R. Smith (British, active early 18th century)
Engraver: Matthys Pool (Dutch, Amsterdam 1670–ca. 1732 Amsterdam)
Publisher: Published London by Jacob Tonson, the Elder (British, London 1655–1736 Barn Elms, Surrey)
Date: 1717
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 16 1/4 x 10 5/16 x 2 1/16 in. (41.3 x 26.2 x 5.2 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
Object Number: 53.501.11
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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