The Mitred Minuet

1774

Paul Revere

Artist, American, 1735 - 1818

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in black on wove paper mounted to wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 10.8 × 16.99 cm (4 1/4 × 6 11/16 in.)
    support: 13.97 × 20 cm (5 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.783

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Brigham 1969, pl. 39

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(J. F. Andrews, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1953; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1981

  • The Artist as Illustrator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981

1990

  • Speaking Out: Five Centuries of Social Commentary in Printmaking, Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Georgia, 1990-1991

Bibliography

1969

  • Brigham, Clarence S. Paul Revere's Engravings. New York: Atheneum, 1969, pp. 124-125, pl. 39.

Inscriptions

lower right support in graphite by unknown hand: 25 00; upper right verso support in graphite by unknown hand: 6 / $18 00
text in plate:
No XV. / Engraved for Royal American Magazine. / Vol. I / Sold by Fellowes / The Mitred Minuet. / P Revere Sc.

Wikidata ID

Q77011638

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