Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The prodigal son.
Call Number
E East 46/GC077/Box 11/Normal/18th c./Artists Li-O GA 2012.00274
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcn8710415b
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1775/03/25.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1775
Extent
1 item ; sheet 30.9 x 24.6 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Le Blanc III, 25, no. 7
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Inscribed in plate, below: "In the Gallery at Houghton // Size of the picture 6 F 6 1/3 by 8 F 4 1/2 in height".
Signed in plate, lower left: "Salvr Rosa pinxit".
Signed in plate, lower left: "Richd Earlom delin.".
Signed in plate, lower right: "J. B. Michel sculpsit".
Depiction: Biblical scene of the Prodigal Son kneeling in prayer beside farm animals.
Signed in plate, below: "Published Mar. 25 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London".

Discovery Information

Subject
Religious art
Christian art and symbolism
Parables in art
Bible. N.T. Gospels—Illustrations
Jesus Christ—Parables—Art
Art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c78bd60b-64a4-4d7a-9661-ecf91b7e5d15/manifest