Battle of Saint Ephesius, 1889/1892

Not on View

Medium

wood engraving in black on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 18.1 × 13.02 cm (7 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.)

sheet: 43.18 × 34.29 cm (17 × 13 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

Catalogue Raisonné

Smith 1925, no. 211

Accession Number

2015.19.1139

Artists / Makers

Timothy Cole (artist) American, 1852 - 1931

Spinello Aretino (artist after) Florentine, c. 1346 - 1410/1411

J. C. Bauer (printer) American, 19th century

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .

Inscription

lower right in block : T. COLE SC. PISA & FLORENCE; lower right in graphite: TImothy Cole; printed lower left in black ink: This impression, taken by hand on Japan paper, is one of one / hundred and twenty-five copies printed by me from the original / blocks and plates in the year 1892. / Professional Proof-printer / for Wood-engravers.; lower left in graphite by the printer: J. C Bauer

Marks and Labels

stamped upper center and lower center in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bristow, Frank B.
Corcoran Gallery of Art

Bibliography

1889: Stillman, W. J. "Spinello Aretino." Century Magazine 38 (June 1889): p. 230.

1925: Smith, Ralph Clifton. The Wood Engraved Work of Timothy Cole. Washington, DC: Press of Gibson Brothers, Inc., 1925. p. .45, no. 211.