A Philosopher Shewing an Experiment on the Air Pump

1769

Valentine Green

Artist, British, 1739 - 1813

Josiah Boydell

Publisher, British, 1752 - 1817

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 47.6 x 58.5 cm (18 3/4 x 23 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 51.3 x 63.8 cm (20 3/16 x 25 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2003.76.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Whitman 1902, no. 67, State ii/iv [proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hill-Stone Inc., New York); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

2006

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

Bibliography

1902

  • Whitman, Alfred. British Mezzotinters: Valentine Green. London: A.H. Bullen, 1902.

1990

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

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Jos. Wright Pinxit 1768.; lower center in plate: J. Boydell, excudit.; lower right in plate: Val. Green fecit, Londini, 1769

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