Incantation

1773

John Dixon

Artist, British, c. 1740 - 1811

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 61 x 48.6 cm (24 x 19 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 61.4 x 48.9 cm (24 3/16 x 19 1/4 in.)
    overall (mat size): 86.4 x 66 cm (34 x 26 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.65.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc, no. 30

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (C. G. Boerner Limited, New York); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2006

  • The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007

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: INCANTATION. / Published According to Act of Parliament 20 July 1773 & Sold by J. Boydell Cheapside & J. Dixon Kempes Row Chelsea.

Wikidata ID

Q76346284

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