The children of Niobe are shot with arrows by Apollo. Engraving by W. Woollett, 1761, after R. Wilson.
- Wilson, Richard, 1713-1782.
- Date:
- 1761
- Reference:
- 2856156i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
A wild landscape in a storm, with fork lightning. Apollo stands on a treetop, upper right, with Artemis (Diana) behind him
Publication/Creation
London (in Cheapside) : Published according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell engraver, 1761.
Physical description
1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 43.3 x 57.8 cm
Lettering
Niobe. See Ovid's Met.os page 17. Size of picture 6 feet 3 in. long. 4 feet 10 in deep. Richard Wilson pinxit. William Woollett sculpsit. I.Boydell excudt.
References note
Timothy Clayton, The English print 1688-1802, New Haven and London 1997, pp. 186-189
Antony Griffiths, The print before photography, London 2016, p. 73 ("In 1761, when Woollett's Death of the children of Niobe after Richard Wilson became Boydell's first great success, he sold all the impressions for 5/-...")
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2856156i
Notes
Forms a pair with a print of Phaethon (Wellcome Library catalogue no. 3162289i)
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