The Prodigal Son Receiving His Patrimony, 1814

Not on View

Medium

hand-colored engraving on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 30.48 × 24.45 cm (12 × 9 5/8 in.)

sheet: 36.2 × 28.26 cm (14 1/4 × 11 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)

Accession Number

2015.19.591

Artists / Makers

Amos Doolittle (artist) American, 1754 - 1832

Shelton & Kensett (publisher)

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: a76506

text at bottom in plate:
A. Doolittle Sc. / The PRODIGAL SON receiving his PATRIMONY / He gathered all together and took his Journey into a far Country / Published by Sold by Shelton & Kensett Cheshire Con October 24th 1814 / St. Luke 15 Chap 13 V.

Marks and Labels

(partial Missouri map on verso)

Provenance

(Kennedy & Co., New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Kennedy Galleries

Exhibition History

1981: Early America on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1750-1850, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981