The Constable of the Night, 1783

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Medium

mezzotint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 31.4 x 35 cm (12 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.)

sheet: 31.6 x 35 cm (12 7/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2002.8.1

Artists / Makers

William Dickinson (artist) British, 1746 - 1823

Egbert van Heemskerck (artist after) Dutch, 1634/35 - 1704

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Hemskerk Pinx; lower center in plate: The CONSTABLE of the NIGHT; lower right in plate: W. Dickinson Fecit / Pubd. according to the Act of Parlt. March 10, 1783; by later hand in graphite on mount: extensive notes in German

Provenance

Princes of Liechtenstein (on old mount). (Hill-Stone Inc., New York); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Hill-Stone, Inc.