Identity area
Reference code
RSA/PR/AR/116/21/63
Title
The Birth of Venus by James Barry
Date(s)
- c1791 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 print
Engraving
40.3cm x 58.3cm. Etching with Engraving and traces of aquatint. There is a tear and repair to the mid top of the print.
Context area
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The print of The Brith of Venus by James Barry is a later version than the one originally produced in 1776. Barry added 'PPRA 1791' to the later versions thereby dating this print to the latter version. (PPRA = Professor of Painting to the Royal Academy)
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Conditions governing access
Open Until
Conditions governing reproduction
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Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
C/MC/D7
Existence and location of copies
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Note
Edition:
Publisher:, ,
Note
see William Pressly 'James Barry the Artist as Hero', The Tate Gallery 1983, p122-4
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Creator Claire.Batley 03/12/2007