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Print, The Judgment of Midas

This is a Print. It was print maker: John Ogborn and after William Hamilton. It is dated 1801 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is stipple engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 5.4 × 69.5 cm (2 1/8 × 27 3/8 in.) Paper: 20.5 × 70.4 cm (8 1/16 × 27 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Below: title and publisher's name and date; Lower left: "W. Hami Hon del."; lower right "J. Ogborn sculp."

Cite this object as

Print, The Judgment of Midas; Print Maker: John Ogborn (1725 - after 1801); After William Hamilton (British, 1751 - 1801); England; stipple engraving on paper; Plate: 5.4 × 69.5 cm (2 1/8 × 27 3/8 in.) Paper: 20.5 × 70.4 cm (8 1/16 × 27 11/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-67

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