Pleading

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema|Leopold Löwenstam|Pilgeram & Lefèvre

1878 · Etching on chine collé; proof · Drawings and Prints

A young Roman man lies on a stone bench next to a seated girl; she has roses in her lap and holds fingers to her lips. A thin strip of sea and coastline is visible in the distance, over the edge of the bench. Based on an oil on canvas dated November 1876, now at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London.

Artist

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema|Leopold Löwenstam|Pilgeram & Lefèvre

Date

1878

Medium

Etching on chine collé; proof

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

From the Robert Isaacson Collection, Gift of James David Draper, 2002