The deatd [sic] of Prince Leopold of Brunswick La mort du Prince Leopold de Brunswick / [graphic] =

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Title: The deatd [sic] of Prince Leopold of Brunswick La mort du Prince Leopold de Brunswick / [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Deatd of Prince Leopold of Brunswick
Death of Prince Leopold of Brunswick
Mort du Prince Leopold de Brunswick
Creator: Perdriaux, active approximately 1790- printmaker
Contributor: Gaugain, Thomas, -1810?
Northcote, James, 1746-1831, artist.
Published / Created: [between 1787 and 1790]
Publication Place: France
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Leopold of Brunswick drowning in the Oder river while trying to save the inhabitants of a village from the flood."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Place and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0710.148.
"The print is a piracy of Gaugain's print after Northcote's painting now at the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow (GLAHA_44386), see M. Hopkinson, 'James Northcote's The death of prince Maximilian Leopold of Brunswick', The British Art Journal, IV,2, 2003, pp.29-36."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge.
With five lines of text below each title that describe the flood and the Prince's death.
Mounted on an blue sheet: 44 x 53 cm.
Provenance: Maggs Bros.; February 2025.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 37.3 x 43 cm, on sheet 37.9 x 46 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French