Hester and the Physician
1879
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Artwork overview
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Medium
heliotype in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 26.51 × 37.78 cm (10 7/16 × 14 7/8 in.)
sheet: 42.07 × 54.61 cm (16 9/16 × 21 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2015.143.1530.6
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
1879
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr. Compositions in Outline from Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter. Boston, MA: Houghton, Osgood & Company; Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1879, pl. 6.
Inscriptions
lower left on plate: F.O.C. Darley - fecit
text on plate:
Hester and the Physician. / PL. 6. / "Hast thou not tortured him enough?" said Hester, / "Has he not paid thee all?"
Wikidata ID
Q77260915