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Print (Mezzotint)
Sa Ga Yeath Qua Pieth Tow, King of the Maquas
John Verelst, John Simon
1710-1710
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Verelst (Painter)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1970.0005 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1970.0005 A
Object Name
Print (Mezzotint)
Title
Sa Ga Yeath Qua Pieth Tow, King of the Maquas
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
John Verelst (Painter); John Simon (Mezzotinter)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1710-1710
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom left
Inscription: I. Verelst pinx.
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom center
Inscription: I. Simon Fecit.
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom right
Inscription: Sold at y\e Rainbow and Dove y\e corner of Ivey bridge in y\e Strand
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Portrait
- Native American
- American Indian
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Mezzotint
- Engraving
Dimensions (inches)
16.3 (H) x 10.2 (W) x 15.5 (Image H) x 10 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
41.5 (H) x 26 (W) x 39.3 (Image H) x 25.4 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Plate H: 16.18 in (41.1 cm). Plate W: 10.0 in. (25.4 cm). Chain intervals: 2.8-3.0 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.
Publisher Date
01/01/1710
Place of Publication
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Edition State
I
Edition Watermark
Strasburg lily
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 18, pp. 72-73.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 45, p. 97.Article: Hinderaker, Eric. 07//1996 The "Four Indian Kings" and the Imaginative Construction of the First British Empire. The William and Mary Quarterly. 53 (3): 487-526.
• Portraits discussed on pp. 495-96, 505-9.Article: Robertson, Bruce. 1985 "The Portraits: An Iconographical Study", in Garratt, John G. & Robertson, Bruce. 1985. The Four Indian Kings. 139-77.
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.
• Listed as no. 84, p. 1095-96.