id:			162628
accession number:	2003.23
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.23
updated:		2025-03-07 12:09:34.731000

Subterranean Jail for the Stage, 1788. Abel Schlicht (German, 1754–1826). Etching and aquatint; image: 40.9 x 56.6 cm (16 1/8 x 22 5/16 in.); platemark: 49 x 63 cm (19 5/16 x 24 13/16 in.); sheet: 54.2 x 71.2 cm (21 5/16 x 28 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2003.23

title:				Subterranean Jail for the Stage
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creation date:			1788
creation date earliest:		1788
creation date latest:		1788
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Germany, 18th century
technique:	etching and aquatint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Nagler 16 (?)

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CREATORS

* Abel Schlicht (German, 1754–1826)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 40.9 x 56.6 cm (16 1/8 x 22 5/16 in.); Platemark: 49 x 63 cm (19 5/16 x 24 13/16 in.); Sheet: 54.2 x 71.2 cm (21 5/16 x 28 1/16 in.)
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	description:	laid paper
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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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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.23/2003.23_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.23/2003.23_full.tif