Bishop Hatto and the Rats
Henry Marsh, American, 1826 - 1912
after John La Farge, American, 1835 - 1910
about 1866
Wood engraving on tissue paper
Image: 6 7/8 × 5 7/16 in. (17.5 × 13.8 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (31.1 × 24.1 cm)
Mount: 14 5/16 × 11 5/8 in. (36.4 × 29.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
PR.921.18.2
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Initialed, in block, upper right: LF; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, lower right corner [not in artist's hand]: Lafarge; stamped, in black ink, on mount reverse, upper left corner: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, / DEPT. OF ART AND / ARCHEOLOGY.
Exhibition History
Light in Art, Jaffe-Friede, Strauss and Barrows Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 2, 1977-January 29, 1978.
Nineteeth Century American Prints, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 25-June 12, 1977.
Provenance
George Breed Zug (1867-1943, Dartmouth Professor of Art History, 1913-1932); given to present collection, 1921.
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