id:			135761
accession number:	1959.295
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.295
updated:		2025-03-07 12:09:33.740000

Botanical Extracts: or, Philosophy of Botany: Eruption of Mount Aetna in 1669, 1809. Thomas Sutherland (British, 1785–1838), after Romagni (Italian?, 17th century?), published by Robert John Thornton (British, 1768–1837). Aquatint with engraving; image: 54.4 x 41.4 cm (21 7/16 x 16 5/16 in.); sheet: 57.2 x 41.4 cm (22 1/2 x 16 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries, 1959.295

title:				Eruption of Mount Aetna in 1669
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series:				Botanical Extracts: or, Philosophy of Botany
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creation date:			1809
creation date earliest:		1804
creation date latest:		1814
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creditline:			Gift of Robert Hays Gries
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culture:	England, 18th century
technique:	aquatint with engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Aquatint
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Thomas Sutherland (British, 1785–1838)  - artist

* Romagni (Italian?, 17th century?)  - artist

* Robert John Thornton (British, 1768–1837)  - publisher

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measurements: Image: 54.4 x 41.4 cm (21 7/16 x 16 5/16 in.); Sheet: 57.2 x 41.4 cm (22 1/2 x 16 5/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscribed, lower left, in margin: Romagni pinxt
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	inscription:	inscribed, lower center, in margin: ERUPTION OF MOUNT AETNA IN 1669.
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	inscription:	inscribed, lower right, in margin: Sutherland sculp.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Imagination in the Age of Reason
	opening date:   2024-09-28T04:00:00
	<i>Imagination in the Age of Reason</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 28, 2024-March 2, 2025).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Robert Hays Gries [1900–1966], Shaker Heights, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?–1959
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 19, 1959–
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