Louisa, or the Shipwreck
An oval image of a young woman on the shore, looking back at a shipwreck, as an old woman sits at right. The print illustrates the "Tale of Louisa in Poems and Essays" by the late Miss Bowdler of Bath.
Artwork Details
- Title: Louisa, or the Shipwreck
- Engraver: Thomas Gaugain (British, London 1756–ca. 1810 London)
- Artist: After George Morland (British, London 1763–1804 London)
- Publisher: John Raphael Smith (British, baptized Derby 1751–1812 Doncaster)
- Date: 1789
- Medium: Stipple engraving, hand-colored
- Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed to oval image): 15 15/16 × 13 1/4 in. (40.5 × 33.7 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Frederick Townsend Martin, 1914
- Object Number: 14.1.14
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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