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Title: Bathsheba Bringing Abishag to David
Engraver:
Richard Earlom (British, London 1743–1822 London)
Artist:
After Intermediary draftsman George Farington (British, Leigh, Lancaster 1752–1788 Murshidabad, West Bengal)
Artist:
After Adriaen van der Werff (Dutch, Kralinger-Ambacht 1659–1722 Rotterdam)
Publisher:
John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London)
Published in: London
Date: July 12, 1779
Medium: Mezzotint
Dimensions: plate approx.: 24 3/4 x 18 1/8 in. (62.8 x 46 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Herbert Mitchell, 1994
Object Number: 1994.170.7
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