Title Page, c. 1786

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series Title

The Portland Vase

Medium

etching and aquatint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 25.2 × 35.5 cm (9 15/16 × 14 in.)

sheet: 30.6 × 49.4 cm (12 1/16 × 19 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of James A. Bergquist in honor of Jamie Gabbarelli

Accession Number

2018.123.1

Artists / Makers

Charles Francis Greville (artist) British, 1749 - 1809

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in image: Palmi 45 / Section of the Marita di Grano at Roma; lower right, in image on tomb: URNAM HANC / INTER VETERA ARTIS MONUMENTA / IN PRIMIS INSIGNEM / EQUES GULIELMUS HAMILTON / A / GEORGIO III MAGNAE BRITANNIAE REGE / AD / SICIL REGEM FERDINANDUM IV / LEGATUS / UT PATRIAM / TAM CLARO PRISCI OPERIS NOMINE / ORNARET / IN ANGLIAM TRANSMISIT / ET / AVRI INCIDENDAM CURAVIT

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.

Exhibition History

2021: Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

2021: Hoisington, Rena.Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 155, fig. 5.