Object Number 1965.2582

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Richard Oliver Esq.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

William Dickinson (Mezzotinter)
1747-1823

Robert Edge Pine (Painter)
1742-11/19/1788

W. Dickinson, J. Bowles, Carington Bowles, and J. Read (Publisher)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1773

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; W. Dickinson Fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; Painted in the Tower by R.Pine 1772
3. Inscription; Lower margin; Published Jan.y 1st, 1773 by W. Dickinson in Litchfield Street, Soho. J. Bowles No.13 Cornhill. Carington Bowles No.69 St. Pauls Church Yd. J. Read facing Exeter Change Strand

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

14.9 (H) , 10.9 (W) , 14.8 (Image H) , 10.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

37.8 (H) , 27.8 (W) , 14.8 (Image H) , 10.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Publisher Summary

W. Dickinson, J. Bowles, Carington Bowles, and J. Read

Publication Date

1773

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State II, with inscription. Late impression.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Smith, John Chaloner. 1884 British Mezzotinto Portraits; Being a Descriptive Catalogue of These Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present century. 1. 1-460.
• Print listed as no. 55, p. 190.