- Title:
The Wreck of the Minotaur
- Additional Title(s):
The Wreck of a Transport Ship
- Date:
- 1856
- Medium:
- Mezzotint with etching; published state on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 27 × 38 5/8 inches (68.6 × 98.1 cm), Plate: 27 × 34 1/2 inches (68.6 × 87.6 cm), Chine collé: 26 1/4 × 33 1/2 inches (66.7 × 85.1 cm), Image: 23 1/8 × 32 3/8 inches (58.7 × 82.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 811"; lower left: "The Wreck of the Minotaur"
Lettered below image: "ARTIST'S COPY FROM THE PLATE PRESENTED BY THE RIGHT HONBLE THE EARL OF YARBOROUGH TO THE ARTISTS GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION | VINCIT | AMOR | PATRIAE"
Signed in graphite, lower right: "Thos Oldham Barlow"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8364
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31129
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