Laocoon: A Classical Subject

Various artists/makers

March 10, 1838

Not on view

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Provenance

Title: Laocoon: A Classical Subject
Series/Portfolio: HB Sketches, No. 526
Artist: John Doyle (Irish, Dublin 1797–1868 London)
Publisher: Thomas McLean (British, 1788–1875)
Lithographer: Alfred Ducôte (British, active 1830–40)
Subject: Lord John Russell (British, 1792–1878)
Subject: Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle (British, 1790–1866)
Subject: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (British, London 1779–1848 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire)
Subject: John Singleton Copley, Lord Lyndhurst (British, Boston, Massachusetts 1772–1863 London)
Subject: Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1778–1868 Cannes)
Date: March 10, 1838
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 17 1/16 × 11 9/16 in. (43.4 × 29.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014
Object Number: 2014.757.5(32)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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