Ulysses and Polyphemus

1701-1780

John Baptist Jackson

Artist, British, 1701 - 1780

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in yellow-green and black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    block: 20.5 x 26 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 21.5 x 27.1 cm (8 7/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.92.132

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kainen 1962, no. 6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary Jordan. (Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1962

  • Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962: no. 6

Inscriptions

lower right in image: J. 9

Wikidata ID

Q76555596

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