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A Bacchante

Etcher Thomas Rowlandson British
After Francis Wheatley British
Publisher Robert Pollard British
1787
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Bacchante
  • Series/Portfolio: Imitations of Modern Drawings
  • Etcher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Artist: After Francis Wheatley (British, London 1747–1801 London)
  • Publisher: Robert Pollard (British, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1755–1838 London)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1787
  • Medium: Etching and stipple
  • Dimensions: Plate: 9 13/16 x 6 15/16 in. (24.9 x 17.6 cm)
    Sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. (47 x 31.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
  • Object Number: 33.7(33)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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