The Heart of the Andes

1862

William Forrest

Artist, Scottish, 1805 - 1889

Day and Son Lithographers

Publisher

Galerie Goupil & Cie

Publisher, French, est. 1827 - renamed 1884

William Forrest, after Frederic Edwin Church

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.13 × 62.87 cm (13 7/16 × 24 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 51.28 × 77.47 cm (20 3/16 × 30 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.136.220

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

private collection; (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1985); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1989; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; National Gallery, Prague; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, 2016-2017, no. 42

Inscriptions

text in plate:
Painted by F. E. Church / Engraved by William Forrest / Printed by Day & Son / New York, Published by J. McClure, 1st May, 1862,_London, Day & Son._Paris, Goupil & Co. / The Heart of the Andes.

Wikidata ID

Q77015286

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