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The infant Hercules

The infant Hercules
 1784

Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
21.0 × 32.5 cm (image) 26.0 × 35.5 cm (plate) 26.7 × 36.3 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
George 6402; Grego I p. 115
Printing/Publishing
published by William Humphrey, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: Pub:d (d in superscript above : ) Feb.y (y in superscript above . ) 3.d (d in superscript above . ) 1784. by .W.Humphrey No (o in superscript) 227 Strand.
printed in ink l.c.: THE INFANT HERCULES .
printed in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) u.c.: These were / your MINISTERS
printed in ink (in image) (on serpents’ tails) l.l.: BILL EAST INDIA AMERICAN WAR
printed in ink (in image) (on shield) l.c.: SHIELD OF CHATHAM.
Accession Number
2404-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display