The Mitred Minuet
1774
Artist, American, 1735 - 1818

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving in black on wove paper mounted to wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 10.8 × 16.99 cm (4 1/4 × 6 11/16 in.)
support: 13.97 × 20 cm (5 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.783
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Catalogue Raisonné
Brigham 1969, pl. 39
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(J. F. Andrews, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1953; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1981
The Artist as Illustrator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981
1990
Speaking Out: Five Centuries of Social Commentary in Printmaking, Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Georgia, 1990-1991
Bibliography
1969
Brigham, Clarence S. Paul Revere's Engravings. New York: Atheneum, 1969, pp. 124-125, pl. 39.
Inscriptions
lower right support in graphite by unknown hand: 25 00; upper right verso support in graphite by unknown hand: 6 / $18 00
text in plate:
No XV. / Engraved for Royal American Magazine. / Vol. I / Sold by Fellowes / The Mitred Minuet. / P Revere Sc.
Wikidata ID
Q77011638