A Hard Gale (Gros Tems)
Robert Lawrie, English, about 1755 - 1836
after Claude Joseph Vernet, French, 1714 - 1789
1773
Mezzotint and etching on paper
Sheet: 21 3/4 × 29 7/8 in. (55.2 × 75.9 cm)
Frame: 29 × 32 1/4 in. (73.7 × 81.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.960.87.14
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Exhibition History
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Selections from the College Collection, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 21, 1978-February 18, 1979.
The Artful Disposition of Shades: The Great Age of English Mezzotints, Owen Robertson Cheatham and Friends Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 19 through March 14, 2010.
Publication History
T.Barton Thurber, The Artful Disposition of Shades: The Great Age of English Mezzotints, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, Capital Offset Company Inc., 2010, checklist p. 21.
Provenance
Raymond G. Clifton (1895-1968), Pine Cupboard Antique Shop, Franklin, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1960.
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