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Print (Mezzotint)
Caroline, Dutchess of Marlborough
Richard Purcell, Sir Joshua Reynolds, James McArdell, Robert Sayer
1762-1766
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Richard Purcell (Mezzotinter)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1965.2954
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1965.2954
Object Name
Print (Mezzotint)
Title
Caroline, Dutchess of Marlborough
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Richard Purcell (Mezzotinter); Sir Joshua Reynolds (Painter); James McArdell (Designer and engraver); Robert Sayer (Publisher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1762-1766
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right
Inscription: R Purcell Fecit.
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left
Inscription: J Reynolds Pinx.\t
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower center
Inscription: Printed for Rob. Sayer near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Portrait
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Mezzotint
- Engraving
Dimensions (inches)
17 (H) x 11.7 (W) x 13.9 (Image H) x 9.6 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
43.3 (H) x 29.6 (W) x 35.3 (Image H) x 24.4 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate H: 14.1 in. (35.7 cm). Plate W: 9.7 in. (24.7 cm). Chain interval: 2.9-3.2 cm; laid lines: 8 per cm.
Publisher Summary
R. Sayer
Place of Publication
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
R. Sayer
Edition State
II
Edition Watermark
"AUVERGNE 1742"
Edition Notes
State II, with the price erased.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 26, pp. 88-9.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 59, p. 112.Book: Belknap, Waldron Phoenix. 1959 American Colonial Painting: Materials for a History.
• See pp. 274, 315, no. 52.Book: The British Museum, et al. Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings.
• See p. 168.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. 3. 941-1428.
• See no. 55, p. 1022.