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Caius Marius Mourning over the Ruins of Carthage

John Martin
1789-1854

Caius Marius Mourning over the Ruins of Carthage

1828
4 7/8 x 8 inches (123 X 203 mm)
Watercolor over graphite, with scratching and selectively applied gum glaze on wove paper.
2017.166

Thaw Collection.

Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated in pen and brown ink at lower left: "J. Martin 1828".
Associated names
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 253, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Cara D. Denison. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 110.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department