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Nero Fiddling while Rome Burns

Nero Fiddling while Rome Burns

Maker (British, 1721 - 1786)
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca.1770
Mediumpen and wash
Dimensions6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 10.8 cm.) mat: 19 × 12 1/2 in. (48.3 × 31.8 cm.)
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number69.67
Terms
    Allegorical Frontispiece
    Allegorical Frontispiece
    Samuel Wale
    n.d.
    Object number: 70.114
    Britannia and Freedom Welcoming Peace and Plenty
    Britannia and Freedom Welcoming Peace and Plenty
    Samuel Wale
    n.d.
    Object number: 71.56
    Golden Legend
    Golden Legend
    Samuel Wale
    n.d.
    Object number: 71.57
    Clergyman Addressing Gentry in Churchyard
    Clergyman Addressing Gentry in Churchyard
    Samuel Wale
    n.d.
    Object number: 84.56.3
    Decaptitation of a Woman
    Decaptitation of a Woman
    Samuel Wale
    n.d.
    Object number: 84.56.2
    Gathering of Manna (?)
    Gathering of Manna (?)
    Samuel Wale
    n.d.
    Object number: 84.56.1
    Portrait bust of Nero
    Portrait bust of Nero
    Unknown
    second half of the 17th century with later additions
    Object number: 18.10
    View in Rome
    View in Rome
    Thomas Barker (Barker of Bath)
    ca.1818
    Object number: 59.55.60
    The Song While She Eats: Psyche Eating
    The Song While She Eats: Psyche Eating
    Edward Burne-Jones
    ca. 1866
    Object number: 2000.5.1550.42
    The Song While She Eats: the Singers
    The Song While She Eats: the Singers
    Edward Burne-Jones
    ca. 1866
    Object number: 2000.5.1550.43
    Image Not Available for Studies of a Woman Opening a Chest While Holding a Candle
    Studies of a Woman Opening a Chest While Holding a Candle
    Paul Mary Gray
    n.d.
    Object number: 87.76.168
    Young Girl talking to a Man while the Mother Laughs
    Young Girl talking to a Man while the Mother Laughs
    Rose Cecil O'Neill
    n.d.
    Object number: 2005.25.23