Mexican News

1851

Alfred Jones

Artist, American, born England, 1819 - 1900

American Art-Union

Publisher, est. 1838 - closed 1852

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Donald Webster)

  • Dimensions

    image: 52.39 × 46.99 cm (20 5/8 × 18 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 63.82 × 53.98 cm (25 1/8 × 21 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.1049

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Donald Webster, Chevy Chase, Maryland; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1966; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1972

  • The Dusseldorf Academy and the Americans, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York; National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, DC; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1972-1973

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; National Gallery, Prague; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, 2016-2017, no. 30

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: R.C.W. 1848
text at bottom in plate:
Painted by R. C. Woodville / Engraved by Alfred Jones / Mexican News. / Engraved from the Original Picture / American Art-Union. 1851. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1852 by the American Art Union in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.

Wikidata ID

Q77011733

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