The Wright Family (The Bradshaw Children)

1769

Valentine Green after Joseph Wright

Associated Names
Valentine Green

Artist, British, 1739 - 1813

Joseph Wright

Artist After, British, 1734 - 1797

The image shows three individuals in an outdoor setting. The first person, a young woman, is seated on the ground, facing right, holding a lamb. The second woman is seated next to her, also facing right. A young boy is seated to the right of the women, looking up. There is a tree in the left background and a cloudy sky in the right background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 49.6 × 39.9 cm (19 1/2 × 15 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4673

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Whitman 1902, no. 11, State iii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 142.

1945

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 65.

1953

  • Masterpieces of Graphic Art from the Rosenwald Collection, Lowe Art Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1953, no cat.

1960

  • Graphic Masterpieces of 500 Years from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Louisiana State University Library, Baton Rouge, 1960, no. 40, repro.

Bibliography

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884.

1902

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

Wikidata ID

Q64962348

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