Object Number 1965.2987

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The PAINTING Room.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Robert Sayer & John Bennett (Publisher and seller)
1774-1785

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

January 8 1782 (1782-1782)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center; London, Printed for R.Sayer & J.Bennett, Map, Chart & Printsellers, N.\o 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 8, Jan\y 1782.

Subjects

Genre scene

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint, Engraving

Dimensions (inches)

16.2 (H) , 11.7 (W) , 13 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

41.2 (H) , 29.6 (W) , 13 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H: 14.0 in. (35.5 cm). Plate W: 10.0 in. (25.3 cm). Chain interval: 2.6-2.8 cm. Laid line interval: 8-9 per cm.

Publisher Summary

Robert Sayer & John Bennett

Place of Publication

No. 53 Fleet Street, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

none

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. 66, pp. 168-169.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 119, p. 188.