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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Allegorical Figure of Erichtho Recording Historical Events

Edward Francis Burney
1760-1848

Allegorical Figure of Erichtho Recording Historical Events

4 5/16 x 3 5/8 inches (110 x 92 mm)
Pen and black ink, over graphite, on paper.
1984.8

Gift of Mr. Charles Ryskamp.

Notes
Watermark: none.
Copy after W. Sharp's engraving of an illustration by Johann Heinrich Füssli in William Seward's "Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons", London, 1795-96.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower edge in graphite, "From.W.Lock Esq; Sewards Anecdotes".
Associated names
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 325.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department