About the Artwork
Untitled
late 18th or early 19th century
William Samuel Howitt
1765-1822
English
Unknown
Etching in ink on wove paper
Plate: 5 7/8 × 7 7/8 inches (14.9 × 20 cm) Sheet: 6 1/8 × 8 1/8 inches (15.6 × 20.6 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund
F72.283.64
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in plate, lower left center of image: WHowitt
Inscribed, two illegible pencil notations below image but within plate mark, lower right.
Provenance
(Kennedy Gallery and Edith Cole Silberstein)
1972-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Maddox, K. W. "A Re-examination of Thomas Cole's Expulsion - Moon and Firelight," Emil Bosshard, Paintings Conservator (1945-2006): Essays by Friends and Colleagues. Maria de Peverelli, Marco Grassi, Hans-Christoph von Imhoff, eds. Florence: Centro Di, 2009, p. 153, no. 6.
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William Samuel Howitt, Untitled, late 18th or early 19th century, etching in ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund, F72.283.64.
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