Silenus
1779
Robert Blyth, after John Hamilton Mortimer
Artist, British, 1750 - 1784
Artist After, British, 1740 - 1779
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler
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Dimensions
plate: 23.7 × 20.9 cm (9 5/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
sheet: 42.8 × 28.4 cm (16 7/8 × 11 3/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2017.53.85
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Catalogue Raisonné
Sunderland 1986, no. 72
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Campbell Fine Art, London, 5 April 1992); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1986
Sunderland, John. "John Hamilton Mortimer: His Life and Works," Walpole Society 52 (1986): no. 72
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: Drawn by J. H. Mortimer / Publish'd as the Act directs July 19th, 1779 by R. Blyth; lower center in plate: Silenus; lower right in plate: Etch'd by R. Blyth
Wikidata ID
Q77259499