Museum Object Number1969.0202 A |
Print on glass
The Sleepy Eye that Spoke the Melting Soul./ POPE
Works on Paper
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas R. du Pont
Richard Wilson (Painter)
William Charles Wilson (Mezzotinter)
Robert Sayer (Publisher)
Identity of this artist not known.Sayer became active as a printseller as early as the late 1740s. He built up his stock of copper plates by taking over others’ inventories, first Philip Overton, then James McArdell when he died in 1765. He worked in partnership with John Bennett from around 1774 to 1785, then operated alone again through 1793. When he died in February 1794, the firm (along with Sayer’s stock of plates) were taken over by another London print firm, Laurie & Whittle.
175217131725
1807178202//1794
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1750-1770
1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Rich..\d Wilson Pinx..\t
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Wilson Fecit
3. Inscription; Bottom center; London Printed for Rob..\t Sayer at the Golden-Buck [op]posite Fetter-Lane, Fleet Street.
Literary scene
Ink; Paper (laid); Oil paint; Glass
Mezzotint, Engraving, Painted
14.5 (H) , 10.5 (W) , 12.2 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)
36.8 (H) , 26.7 (W) , 12.2 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)
H at right. W at bottom. No measurements in conservation files.
Sayer, Robert
Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
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