Eagle and Fox, 1799

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Medium

mezzotint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 48.5 x 61 cm (19 1/8 x 24 in.)

sheet: 50 x 65.6 cm (19 11/16 x 25 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Paul Mellon Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Le Blanc, no. 15, State only

Accession Number

2001.118.34

Artists / Makers

John Murphy (artist) British, c. 1748 - after 1820

James Northcote (artist after) British, 1746 - 1831

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate: London Published Decr. 9 1799 by James Darnell / 6 Great Charlotte Street Blackfriars Road

Provenance

Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, Earl of Iddesleigh (probably from one of the albums assembled for him by the artist, according to Nicholas Stogdon). Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (Nicholas Stogdon, Oxford); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Lennox-Boyd, Christopher
Stogdon, N.G.

Bibliography

1854: Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels