- Object numberCOP41.12
- TitleNiobe
- Object
- CreatorRichard (after) Wilson (Artist), William Woollett (Engraver)
- DescriptionGeneral Description: Niobe stands in the centre of the print clutching a small child to her and looking upwards to the clouds. Apollo and Artemis, in the sky, fire arrows at her children. Several are already wounded, whilst the others on the right attempt to escape. In the background, mountains, trees and stormy seas. (Leedham, Susan, 2018-02-05)
- Production date, , 1761
- Production place, London (Engraver)
- Production period18th century
- Technique
- Inscription
inscribed lettering, below, : {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Segoe UI;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs18 'Richard Wilson pixat. Niobe. Published according to Act of Parliament by John Boydell in Cheapside, London 1761. William Woollett Sculp. See Ovid's Metamorphosis p. 17 size of Picture 6 Feet, 6 Inches long. 4 feet, 10 inches deep.'\par }
- Associations
Named Collection: Cottonian Collection