Ulysses and Polyphemus

John Baptist Jackson

Artist, British, 1701 - 1780

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut in yellow and black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19.7 × 25.6 cm (7 3/4 × 10 1/16 in.) (trimmed on all sides)

  • Accession

    2012.92.753

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kainen 1962, no. 6, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary Jordan Collection. [1] (Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 20, 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012.
[1] According to the donor's collection list for Jackson woodcuts, a great number came from the Mary Jordan Collection.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1962

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

Inscriptions

in image, at bottom right: J. 9

Wikidata ID

Q76557862

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