Miravan Opening the Tomb of His Ancestors

1772

Valentine Green

Artist, British, 1739 - 1813

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 50.2 x 39.6 cm (19 3/4 x 15 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 54.9 x 39.8 cm (21 5/8 x 15 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2001.96.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Whitman 1902, no. 174

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (C. G. Boerner Limited, New York); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884.

1902

  • Whitman, Alfred. British Mezzotinters: Valentine Green. London: A.H. Bullen, 1902.

1990

  • Clayton, Tim. "Catalogue of Engraved Works," in Wright of Derby. London, 1990: 231-258.

2001

  • C. G. Boerner. Mezzotints from the Collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. London, 2001: no. 29.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Jos. Wright pinxit.; lower center in plate: Publish'd Decemr. 18th. 1772 / by J. Boydell, Cheapside; lower right in plate: V. Green fecit; lower center verso in graphite: P 2082 ROXL. CLB. 459 x 355 I; 504 x 356 PL

Watermarks

cross in oval

Wikidata ID

Q76359358

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