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Thomas Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds

Thomas Watson: British, 1743 or 1748 - 1781

Sir Joshua Reynolds: British, 1723 - 1792

A Sacrifice to Hymen (Three Daughters of Sir William Montgomery)
1776: mezzotint on laid paper; plate: 56.3 x 69.2 cm (22 3/16 x 27 1/4 in.); sheet: 57.1 x 70.6 cm (22 1/2 x 27 13/16 in.); Chaloner Smith 1884, no. 6; Gift of C.G. Boerner; 2002.107.1; Not on View

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lower right in image, to right of urn: Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. / Engraved by Thos. Watson / Published Jany. 1st. 1776 for W: Shropshire No. 158 & T. Watson No. 142 New Bond Street

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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.