PrintsBritish18th-19th century

Death of Beckett

18th-19th century

Artists

James StowArtist

John OpieArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

British

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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