Chandelier

1779

Patrick Begbie

Artist, British, 18th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in red on laid paper and laid down

  • Credit Line

    Katherine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.6 x 10.5 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 16.9 x 11.8 cm (6 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2007.47.2

Associated Artworks

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Three Classical Vases, One with Flourishes

Patrick Begbie

1779

Two Classical Vases and an Ewer

Patrick Begbie

1779

Title Page

Patrick Begbie

1779

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased by NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 179, fig. 6.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Published as the Act Directs Feby 18 1779; lower right in plate: Begbie inc. et Sc

Wikidata ID

Q76438726

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