A Philosopher Shewing an Experiment on the Air Pump, 1769

Not on View

mezzotint on laid paper

plate: 47.6 x 58.5 cm (18 3/4 x 23 1/16 in.)

sheet: 51.3 x 63.8 cm (20 3/16 x 25 1/8 in.)

Whitman 1902, no. 67, State ii/iv [proof]

2003.76.1

Valentine Green (artist) British, 1739 - 1813

Joseph Wright (artist after) British, 1734 - 1797

Josiah Boydell (publisher) British, 1752 - 1817

lower left in plate: Jos. Wright Pinxit 1768.; lower center in plate: J. Boydell, excudit.; lower right in plate: Val. Green fecit, Londini, 1769

(Hill-Stone Inc., New York); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Hill-Stone, Inc.

2004: Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

2006: The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007

1902: Whitman, Alfred. British Mezzotinters: Valentine Green. London: A.H. Bullen, 1902.

1990: Clayton, Tim. "Catalogue of Engraved Works," in Wright of Derby. London, 1990: 231-258.