The Atlantic Neptune
1780-1781
Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres
Artist, Swiss, 1729 - 1824
Artwork overview
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Medium
1 of 2 bound folios containing 5 volumes with 152 engraved naval charts or sets of views on 263 folio sheets, many hand-colored
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Credit Line
Gift of Harry W. Havemeyer in memory of his father, Horace Havemeyer
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Dimensions
volume 1: 86 × 65.5 × 5 cm (33 7/8 × 25 13/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
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Accession
2015.25.1.1
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., London); purchased 1937 by Harry W. Havemeyer [b. 1929], New York; gift to NGA, 2015.
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