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The New-Married Pair [and] The Merchant
Thomas Bewickca. 1789
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
Details
- Title: The New-Married Pair [and] The Merchant
- Creator: Thomas Bewick after Hans Holbein the Younger
- Date Created: ca. 1789
- Subject Keywords: allegory, dance, death, marriage, merchants
- Set or Series Title: The Dance of Death
- Object Type: Prints, works of art
- Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
- Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1974
- Materials & Techniques: Wood engraving on wove paper. Watermark: No watermark
- Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
- Edition: From the book published in 1789: “The Dance of Death,” from the Original Designs of Hans Holbein, Illustrated with fifty-two Wood Cuts, Engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, Newcastle, Printed for William Charnley, 1789; the blocks were destroyed soon after publication.
- Dimensions: 1828
- Bibliography: Hugo 36
- Associated People: Created by Thomas Bewick (British (English), 1753-1828), After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497/1498-1543)
- Accession Number: 1974.2.1.1
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