Francesco Bartolozzi

1785

Thomas Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds

Associated Names
Thomas Watson

Artist, British, 1743 or 1748 - 1781

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Artist After, British, 1723 - 1792

The image shows a portrait of a person from the waist up. The individual is sitting with their body angled slightly to the side while their head is turned to face forward. The person has distinct features, including a pronounced nose and full lips, and dark, curly hair that falls gently around the ears and forehead. They are wearing a coat with a fur collar over a high-collared white shirt with ornate details. Their arms are crossed on what appears to be a flat surface and resting on top of folded papers. The background is a simple, neutral tone, framed in a darker rectangular border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 38.1 x 28 cm (15 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.89.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Smith 1884, no. 3, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

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.

Inscriptions

below image, lower left in plate: Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxit; lower right in plate: T: Watson Fecit; lower center in plate: Published Sept. 24. 1785. by T Watson No 33. Strand London.; lower center in graphite: Bartolozzi Proof; lower left verso in graphite: proof / T N 15; lower right verso in graphite: 76

Wikidata ID

Q74891073

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