Three Persons Viewing the Gladiator by Candlelight

1769

William Pether

Artist, British, 1739 - 1821

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 48.1 x 56.1 cm (18 15/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.9 x 56.6 cm (19 1/4 x 22 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2001.96.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Smith 1884, no. 45, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Wright of Derby, Tate Gallery, London; Grand Palais, Paris; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, London, 1990, no. P3.

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.

1926

  • Russell, Charles Edward. English Mezzotint Portraits and Their States. 2 vols. London: Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd., 1926.

1990

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

2001

  • C. G. Boerner Ltd. Mezzotints from the Collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. London, 2001: no. 17.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Josh. Wright, Pinxt,; lower center in plate: Published July 10th, 1769, sold by W. Pether in Russell Strt, Bloomsby; lower right in plate: W. Pether, fecit; by later hand, lower left in gr.: 4094 400; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Clayton 3 / exhibited Tate 1990 / P 2819

Watermarks

IHS with cross and nails

Wikidata ID

Q76360022

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