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Image

William Sharp, engraver

Diogenes in Search of an Honest Man, 1792

Description

Maker

  • William Sharp, 1749-1824, British, publisher
  • Salvator Rosa, 1615-1673, Italian

Title

Diogenes in Search of an Honest Man

Year

1792

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

50.8 x 38.4 cm (20 x 15 1/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered below image with title and production details: "Salvator Rosa, pinx,,t"; "Published April 18, 1792, by W.m Sharp London. From an Original Picture in the Possession of Edw.d Knight Esq.r"; "William Sharp, sculp,,t"; and "Sold by John Murray Fleet Street, B. B. Evans Poultry, Molteno and Co. Pall Mall, W. Skelton Hay Market."

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift in memory of William Babcock Weeden by his children

Object Number

43.400.109

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Diogenes in Search of an Honest Man with the accession number of 43.400.109. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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