Lachrymatory vessels. Etching after J. Barbault.

  • Barbault, Jean, approximately 1705-1766.
Date:
[between 1760 and 1769?]
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2498870i
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Lachrymatory vessels. Etching after J. Barbault. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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"Lachrymatory: A vase intended to hold tears; applied by archaeologists, with doubtful correctness, to those small phials of glass, alabaster, etc., which are found in ancient Roman tombs" (Oxford English dictionary, 1901)

Publication/Creation

[Rome] : [Bouchard et Gravier?], [between 1760 and 1769?]

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2 prints : etching ; platemarks 13.7 x 19.1 cm (upper) and 12 x 20.7 cm (lower)

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Vases lacrimatoires. Barbault del. Bears number: Pl. 45 pag. 54

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2498870i

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