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Print made by William James Ward, ca. 1800–1840, British, The Infant Hercules, 1819
- Title:
The Infant Hercules
- Date:
- 1819
- Medium:
- Mezzotint (second state) on thick, rough, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 26 × 18 3/4 inches (66 × 47.6 cm), Plate: 18 15/16 × 15 inches (48.1 × 38.1 cm), Image: 16 1/16 × 13 7/16 inches (40.8 × 34.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "15 1/4/19 3/8 | #52"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "H.II."
Collector’s mark: J. J. Heywood (Lugt 1276)
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds Kt."; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by Wm Ward Junr"; lettered, lower center: "The Infant Hercules | London Published March 1st 1810 by W Cribb 13 Tavistock Street Covent Garden"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.302
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- Classical Mythology and Ancient History | cradle | divine | early life, prime youth of Hercules | Hercules strangles two serpents in his cradle | hero | infancy, upbringing of Hercules | infant | killing | religious and mythological subject | serpent | snake | strangling | strength
- Associated People:
- Hercules
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21794
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