Object Number 1969.0202 A

Object Name

Print on glass

Title

The Sleepy Eye that Spoke the Melting Soul./ POPE

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas R. du Pont

Creator (Role)

Richard Wilson (Painter)
1752-1807

William Charles Wilson (Mezzotinter)
1713-1782
Identity of this artist not known.

Robert Sayer (Publisher)
1725-02//1794
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.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1750-1770

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

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.

Subjects

Literary scene

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid); Oil paint; Glass

Techniques

Mezzotint, Engraving, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

14.5 (H) , 10.5 (W) , 12.2 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

36.8 (H) , 26.7 (W) , 12.2 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at bottom. No measurements in conservation files.

Publisher Summary

Sayer, Robert

Place of Publication

Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Object Description

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