Venus and Adonis
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Details
Collection
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Item Number
NMW A 13066
Creation/Production
George McCulloch owned the greatest single private collection of Victorian and Edwardian paintings ever formed. Made his fortune from sheep farming in Australia.
At the posthumous sale of his work in 1913, many of his greatest acquisitions were bought by Lord Leverhulme, which led to the foundation of tyhe Lady Lever Gallery, Port Sunlight. Examples of his collection are Millais's 'Sir Isumbras at the Ford', Leighton's 'Daphnephoria'; and the John Singer Sargent's 'On his holidays, Norway' in the LLG was modelled by Alex McCulloch, George McCulloch's son.
Role: Artist
Role: Artist
Acquisition
Found in collection
Measurements
h(cm) sheet size:58
h(cm)
w(cm) sheet size:62
w(cm)
h(cm) plate size:73.7
h(cm)
w(cm) plate size:89
w(cm)
Techniques
Mezzotint on india laid paper
Mezzotint
Intaglio printing
Prints
Fine Art - works on paper
Material
Ink
Paper
Location
In store
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