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    Niobe

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    Niobe
    Niobe
    Niobe
    National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (Felton Bequest, 1925)
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    Artist
    William Sharp (1749-1824) and Samuel Smith (1745-1810) after Wilson
    Title
    Niobe
    Date
    Published 4 June 1803
    Medium
    Engraving
    Dimensions
    Metric: 520 x 662 mm
    Imperial: 20 7/16 x 26 1/16 in.
    Collection
    National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    1577/3
    Wilson Online Reference
    E58
    Description
    Eleven of Niobe's children are killed in a stormy setting, whose horror is emphasised by trees broken or bent with the wind, lightning, tumultuous seas and a lurid sky.
    Provenance
    Felton Bequest 1925.
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image with arms of Sir George Beaumont and motto: ERECTUS NON ELATUS;
    [1] Upper left: 'The Figures Engraved by Willm. Sharp.'
    [2] Upper centre: NIOBE
    [3] Upper right: 'The Landscape by Saml. Smith.'
    [4] Centre: 'From the FIRST PICTURE on that Subject Painted by RICHARD WILSON ESQ. R.A. | In the Collection of Sir George Beaumont Bart. To whom this Plate is respectfully Dedicated by his obliged humble Servant Samuel Smith.
    [5] Lower centre, publication line: London Publish'd June 4, 1803, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside and at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall. LONDON.'
    Inscribed in pencil in a modern hand, lower left corner: 40
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Recto lower right corner stamp: 'National Galleries of Victoria' encircling pencil number: 1577 / 3
    Related Drawings
    D355 Study for Figure for Niobe, National Museum Wales, Cardiff (NMW A 1885)
    NWD400 Samuel Sharp after Wilson Niobe, The British Museum
    Related Prints
    E52 William Sharp and Samuel Smith Niobe, 1788, National Museum Wales, Cardiff (NMW A 11416) and other impressions
    E54 William Sharp and Samuel Smith after Wilson, Niobe , 1792, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA (B1977.14.14569) and other impressions
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Related Paintings
    P90B The Destruction of Niobe's Children, ex-National Gallery; destroyed 1944
    P90D Studio of Wilson, Apollo destroying the Children of Niobe, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    P90E The Destruction of Niobe's Children, Collection of Richard L. Feigen & Co
    Critical commentary
    Published 4 June 1803 by Boydell.
    Bibliography
    Edwards 1808, p. 88; W.S Baker, William Sharp, Engraver, with a descriptive Catalogue of his Works, Philadelphia 1975, p. 83, no. 113 (4)
    Condition/Conservation
    Trimmed arond the platemark. Discoloured overall, with staining especially in the lower right corner. Unmounted.

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Recumbent Male Nude, National Museum Wales, Cardiff (NMW A 1885)
    • Samuel Sharp after Wilson Niobe, The British Museum

    Prints

    • William Sharp and Samuel Smith Niobe, 1788, National Museum Wales, Cardiff and other impressions
    • William Sharp (1749-1824) and Samuel Smith (1745-1810), Niobe, 1792, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Samuel Lacey after Wilson, Niobe, The British Museum
    • William James Linton after Wilson, Destruction of the Children of Niobe, The British Museum

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Destruction of Niobe's Children, Ex-National Gallery (destroyed)
    • Studio of Wilson, Apollo destroying the Children of Niobe, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Destruction of Niobe's Children, Collection of Richard L. Feigen & Co

    Biographies

    • William Sharp (1749-1824)
    • Samuel Smith (1745-1808)

    Documents

    • Edward Edwards, Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions
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