A Sacrifice to Hymen (Three Daughters of Sir William Montgomery)

1776

Thomas Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds

Associated Names
Thomas Watson

Artist, British, 1743 or 1748 - 1781

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Artist After, British, 1723 - 1792

Three women are depicted in different positions. The woman on the left is kneeling, with a hand on a basket of flowers. Her other hand reaches towards the woman in the center. The woman in the center stands angled, looking towards the left, holding a floral garland towards the woman on the right. The woman on the right stands with raised arms. In the background, there is a statue on a pedestal, a lush tree canopy casting shadows, and an open landscape with more trees. An urn with a motif is placed on a pedestal to the far right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of C.G. Boerner

  • Dimensions

    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.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.107.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chaloner Smith 1884, no. 6

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

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

Watermarks

Eagle with countermark: T DUPUY FIN / AUVERGNE 1742

Wikidata ID

Q76358920

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