Erasmus reading to Colet and More

1903
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Erasmus reading to Colet and More
  • Artist: William Harry Warren Bicknell (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1860–1947 Winchester, Massachusetts)
  • Artist: After Howard Pyle (American, Wilmington, Delaware 1853–1911 Florence)
  • Publisher: The Bibliophile Society (American, established 1901, active through late 1930s)
  • Subject: Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (Netherlandish, Rotterdam ca. 1466–1536 Basle, Switzerland)
  • Subject: Sir Thomas More (British, 1478–1535)
  • Subject: John Colet (British, 1467–1519)
  • Date: 1903
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 25 9/16 × 18 11/16 in. (65 × 47.5 cm)
    Plate: 21 13/16 × 13 3/8 in. (55.4 × 34 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. George B. Sheppard, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.97.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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