Hoc Signo Vinces

1881

Thomas Hovenden, Artist Goupil & Cie., Printer Goupil & Cie., Publisher M. Knoedler and Co., Publisher

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Title Hoc Signo Vinces

Artwork Date 1881

Makers Thomas Hovenden (Artist) American, 1840-1895 Goupil & Cie. (Printer) French Goupil & Cie. (Publisher) French M. Knoedler and Co. (Publisher) American, 1846 - 2011

Medium Photogravure in ink on chine colle

Dimensions Image: 20 1/2 × 28 3/4 inches (52.1 × 73 cm) Mat (chine colle): 25 × 31 7/8 inches (63.5 × 81 cm)

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Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 72.861

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Signed Signed, in pencil, lower right: To | Miss Helen Corson | T. Hovenden

Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, lower left: PEINT PAR HOVENDEN Inscribed, lower center: Entered according to act of congress in the year 1881 by M. KNOEDLER & Co. in the office of the Librarian of congress at Washington Inscribed, lower right: PHOTOGRAVURE GOUPIL & CIE. Inscribed, center bottom margin: HOC SIGNO VINCES Inscribed, center bottom edge of sheet: Imprime & Publie par GOUPIL & CIE. Editeurs le 1er Avril 1881 - PARIS - LONDRES - LA HAYE Inscribed, bottom right edge: New-York, Published by M. Knoedler

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Mr. and Mrs. Harold O. Love

1972-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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