Novella del naufragio (News of the Shipwreck)

1784

Henry Tresham

Artist, Irish, 1751 - 1814

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.7 × 21.5 cm (11 5/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 43.3 × 32.5 cm (17 1/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.171.1.15

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Associated Artworks

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Ascolta e Spera (Listen and Hope)

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La fuga notturna (The Noctural Flight)

Henry Tresham

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Saffo si accende per Faone (Saffo Ignited by Phaon)

Henry Tresham

1784

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Visconti Collection? (see Inscriptions). (Hill-Stone Incorporated, Dartmouth, MA); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Enrico Tresham inv e inc.; lower center in plate: NOVELLA DEL NAUFRAGIO / Squarcio Saffo i veli, batte i piedi nelle arene, e deplorando verso il Mare / esclamo / Lib. III, Cap V

Wikidata ID

Q77259949

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