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Pleading

After Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema British, born The Netherlands
Etcher Leopold Löwenstam Dutch
Publisher Pilgeram & Lefèvre British
1878
Not on view
A young Roman man lies on a stone bench next to a seated girl; she has roses in her lap and holds fingers to her lips. A thin strip of sea and coastline is visible in the distance, over the edge of the bench. Based on an oil on canvas dated November 1876, now at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pleading
  • Artist: After Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (British (born The Netherlands), Dronrijp 1836–1912 Wiesbaden)
  • Etcher: Leopold Löwenstam (Dutch, Düsseldorf 1842–1898 Three Bridges, Sussex)
  • Publisher: Pilgeram & Lefèvre (London)
  • Date: 1878
  • Medium: Etching on chine collé; proof
  • Dimensions: image: 8 11/16 x 14 in. (22.1 x 35.6 cm)
    plate: 14 x 17 7/8 in. (35.6 x 45.4 cm)
    sheet: 15 3/4 x 19 15/16 in. (40 x 50.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: From the Robert Isaacson Collection, Gift of James David Draper, 2002
  • Object Number: 2002.61.96
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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