Art, literature & history
Monument to William Chancellor Cowper
1732
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk on laid paper; partially pricked for transfer
- Dimensions
- overall: 62.3 x 44.3 cm (24 1/2 x 17 7/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1996.128.17
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Domenico Maria Fratta. Monument to William Chancellor Cowper. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Monument to William Chancellor Cowper — Domenico Maria Fratta. 1732.
Medium: pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk on laid paper; partially pricked for transfer.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 62.3 x 44.3 cm (24 1/2 x 17 7/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1996.128.17. Gift of the Christian Humann Foundation.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.