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The Tomb of Leonora (Frontispiece to English translation of "Leonora," by Gottfried Augustus Burgher)

(Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
(English, 1734–1808)
(English, 1755–1840)
(English, 1745–1809)
1796
Medium/TechniqueEtching and stipple engraving
DimensionsSheet: 31.7 x 23.7 cm (12 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP10551
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsRecto, bottom left, the word "Proof". This is apparently engraved in the plate, as the impression in the British Museum (1897, 1231.205) has the same inscription.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897