1960.0729 A Print, 1960.0730 Frame, view 1
  • 1960.0729 A Print, 1960.0730 Frame, view 1
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Print (Etching)

  • Title:

    The CONTINENCE of SCIPIO.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    John Miller (Engraver)

    Richard Earlom (Draftsman)

    Sir Anthony van Dyck (Painter)

    John Boydell (Publisher)

  • Place of Origin:

    London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    February 1 1766 (1766-1766)

  • Materials:

    Ink; Paper (laid); Canvas

  • Techniques:

    Etched, Engraved, Line Etched, Line Etched with burin work

  • Museum Object Number:

    1960.0729 A


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Object Number

1960.0729 A

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

The CONTINENCE of SCIPIO.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

John Miller (Engraver)

Richard Earlom (Draftsman)
1743-1822
References: Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits, vol. 1, pp. 242-43.

Sir Anthony van Dyck (Painter)
1599-1641

John Boydell (Publisher)
1719-1804

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

February 1 1766 (1766-1766)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription ; Lower right, beneath image; J. Miller Sculpsit.
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; Ant. van Dyck Pinx.\t R. Earlom del.\t
3. Inscription; Lower center, beneath title; Published according to Act of Parliament Feb. 1\st 1766 By J. BOYDELL, Engraver in Cheapside, LONDON.

Subjects

Historical; Armorial device

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid); Canvas

Techniques

Etched, Engraved, Line Etched, Line Etched with burin work

Dimensions (inches)

18.5 (H) , 24.6 (W) , 15.9 (Image H) , 22.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

46.9 (H) , 62.5 (W) , 15.9 (Image H) , 22.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark. Plate W: 23.8 in. (60.4 cm). Chain interval: 3.4 cm; laid line frequency: 8 per cm. H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Boydell, John

Publication Date

02/01/1766

Place of Publication

Cheapside, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

Dovecote with a partial countermark of "DUPUY FIN AUVERGNE 1742"

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 53, pp. 142-143.
[Book] Sweeney, John A. H. 1963 The Treasure House of Early American Rooms.
• Published: p. 51.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 129, pp. 200-201.
[Book] Millar, Oliver. 1982 Van Dyck in England.
• Discussion of the original painting: no. 3, pp. 43-44.