A Girl at School, 1780s?

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Medium

etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper, laid down on mount

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate): 19.4 × 12.9 cm (7 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.)
mount: 21.5 × 18.2 cm (8 7/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Meyer 1872 - 1885: undesc.; similar to no. 6

Accession Number

2018.91.2

Artists / Makers

David Allan (artist) British, 1744 - 1796

Bartolomeo Schidone (artist after) Italian, 1578 - 1615

Image Use

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Inscription

on tablet in image: ABCD / Padre nostro / Che sei nel / Ciel Sia / Santificato il / tuo nome / Venga il tu... / Regna sia; lower left in plate: Schidone Pinx.t; lower center in plate: A GIRL at SCHOOL; lower right in plate: D. Allan fec.t

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.

Bibliography

1872: Meyer, Julius et al. Allegmeines Kunstler-Lexikon, unter Mitwirkung der namhaftesten Fachgelehrten des In- und Auslandes. 3 vols. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1872-1885: similar to no. 6