Eagle and Fox

1799

John Murphy

Artist, British, c. 1748 - after 1820

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 48.5 x 61 cm (19 1/8 x 24 in.)
    sheet: 50 x 65.6 cm (19 11/16 x 25 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2001.118.34

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc, no. 15, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, Earl of Iddesleigh (probably from one of the albums assembled for him by the artist, according to Nicholas Stogdon). Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (Nicholas Stogdon, Oxford); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: London Published Decr. 9 1799 by James Darnell / 6 Great Charlotte Street Blackfriars Road

Wikidata ID

Q76346330

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