James Barry and Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi
Queen Isabella, Las Casas and Magellan
1799
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- Artist: James Barry
- Publisher: Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi
Queen Isabella, Las Casas and Magellan
1799
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 782 × 528 mm. (30 13/16 × 20 13/16 in.)
Plate: 721 × 123 mm. (28 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2870.12
Second of three prints, including 'Reserved Knowledge' and 'The Glorious Sextumvirate'. After Barry's mural series 'The Progress of Human Culture' for the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce in Adelphi, 1777-1784; now in the Royal Society of Art, London.
Pressly, William L., The Tate Gallery, London, 'James Barry: The Artist as Hero,' February 9-March 20, 1983, no. 39, ill. p. 94.
Fryer, Dr. Edward, ed., The Works of James Barry, London, 1809, v. 1, p. 285-88. Monthly Magazine, v. XVI (1 Sept. 1803), p. 106.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: B in plate: 'As a Testimony of Veneration [...] this little Slip of Copper which, as the / Key Stone of an Arch, binds together these groupes & the Virtues / they commemorate is inscribed with the Honourable & Glorious / name of Charles James FOX / by his humble Servant James Barry. / July·25·1800'; BR (graphite): 'Barry, J.'.
Markings: None
