Amanthis

1797

John Raphael Smith

Artist, British, 1752 - 1812

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint touched with black ink and white chalk on laid paper [proof]

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 52.6 x 40.5 cm (20 11/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 52 x 40 cm (20 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.65.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chaloner Smith 1884, no. 191, State [undescribed proof]


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

2001

  • C. G. Boerner Ltd. Mezzotints from the Collection of Christopher Lennox Boyd. London, 2001: no. 72.

Watermarks

monogram of Christ

Wikidata ID

Q76346374


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