A coastal scene with a classical ruin at right

Multiple artists/makers

1811

Not on view

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Title: A coastal scene with a classical ruin at right
Artist: George Hawkins, the elder (British, active 1795–1820)
Artist: After Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, Venice 1697–1768 Venice)
Printer: William Bulmer & Co. (London)
Publisher: John Chamberlaine (British, ca. 1745–1812 London)
Date: 1811
Medium: Etching and aquatint in dark blue
Dimensions: Image: 7 3/4 in. × 11 in. (19.7 × 28 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/8 in. × 13 in. (28.2 × 33 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Object Number: 24.63.1409
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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