The Dream of Sardanapalus
Artist
Ford Madox Brown(English, born France, 1812–1893)English, born France, 1812–1893
CultureEnglish
Titles
- The Dream of Sardanapalus
Date1869
MediumBlack chalk, black and brown ink, iron gall ink, gray and brown wash with watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 7 5/16 x 11 in. (18.6 x 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Meredith J. Long in honor of Cornelia Long at "One Great Night in November, 2015"
Object number2015.282
Not on view
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Exhibition History"Vignettes: Masterworks on Paper 1520 to 1870," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14–April 16, 2017.
Published References Bennett, Mary, Ford Madox Brown, A Catalogue Raisonné, vols. 1&2 (New Haven and London: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and Yale University Press, 2010), vol. I, pp. 255-256, A94; vol. II, pp. 490-493, esp. 492, C135 (Sardanapulus), p. 543, D20 (etching), ill. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Initialed and dated in ink, in image, bottom right corner: MFB | 69
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, above image, center: Sardanapalus [cursive]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, center: Corsair [cursive, upside down]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, right bottom edge: p8410 | 44 / K02325
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, above image, center: Sardanapalus [cursive]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, center: Corsair [cursive, upside down]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, right bottom edge: p8410 | 44 / K02325
Recto: Initialed and dated in ink, in image, bottom right corner: MFB | 69
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