An Hermit

1770

William Pether

Artist, British, 1739 - 1821

William Pether

Artist, British, 1739 - 1821

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 58.1 x 44.9 cm (22 7/8 x 17 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2001.118.38

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chaloner Smith 1884, no. 47, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Liechtenstein collection? Austrian private collection. (Christian Nebehay)1; Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (Nicholas Stogdon, Oxford); purchased 2001 by NGA.
1 Dealer notes

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.

1990

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

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Josh. Wright Pinxit; lower center in plate: AN HERMIT. / Publish'd May 14th 1770. and Sold by Wm. Pether in Great Russell Street Bloomsby; lower right in plate: Wm Pether Fe

Wikidata ID

Q76360025

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