Judgment of Paris, 1770s/1780s

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Medium

mezzotint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 35.24 × 25.08 cm (13 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

sheet: 42.86 × 29.21 cm (16 7/8 × 11 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David H. McDonnell

Accession Number

2017.125.1

Artists / Makers

British 18th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left below image in plate: The Lad has well decided, / He Judged it just as I did;; lower center in plate: JUDGEMENT of PARIS. / London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett Nº 53 Fleet Street; lower right in plate: Ye cou'd not all Three have it, / He gave it to the Fairist.; lower right corner in plate: 346; center left verso in ink, written vertically: onyx

Provenance

David H. McDonnell, Arlington, VA; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

McDonnell, David H.