The Prodigal Son Revelling with Harlotsy
1814
Artist, American, 1754 - 1832
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
hand-colored engraving on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 31.75 × 24.45 cm (12 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.)
sheet: 36.67 × 27.94 cm (14 7/16 × 11 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.592
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Kennedy & Co., New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1981
Early America on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1750-1850, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981
Inscriptions
lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: 10
text at bottom in plate:
A. Doolittle / The PRODIGAL SON revelling with HARLOTS / He wasted his Substance with Riotious Living. / published and Sold by Shelton & Kensett, Cheshire, Con. October 24. 1814. / St. Luke 15. Chap. 13. V.
Markings
(partial Indiana map on verso)
Wikidata ID
Q77011777