Roses, 1805

Not on View

Medium

color mezzotint and etching on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 47.9 x 37.2 cm (18 7/8 x 14 5/8 in.)

sheet: 49.3 x 37.8 cm (19 7/16 x 14 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of A. Thompson Ellwanger III in honor of Gregory E. Mescha

Catalogue Raisonné

Smith 1884, undescribed

Accession Number

2000.43.1

Artists / Makers

Richard Earlom (artist) British, 1743 - 1822

Dr. Robert John Thornton (artist after) British

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left below image: Robert John Thornton MD. pinxit; lower center below image: Roses / London, published by Dr Thornton, October 1st, 1805; lower right below image: Earlom sculpt.; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: Bunny(?)

Provenance

A. Thompson Ellwanger III; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Ellwanger, III, A. Thompson

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.