The Heart of the Andes, 1862

Not on View

Medium

hand-colored engraving on wove paper

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.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

Accession Number

2014.136.220

Artists / Makers

William Forrest (artist) Scottish, 1805 - 1889

Frederic Edwin Church (artist after) American, 1826 - 1900

Day and Son Lithographers (publisher)

Galerie Goupil & Cie (publisher) French, est. 1827 - renamed 1884

Image Use

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Inscription

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.

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

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Hirschl & Adler Galleries

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