The Farrier's Shop

1771

William Pether

Artist, British, 1739 - 1821

Joseph Wright

Artist After, British, 1734 - 1797

William Pether after Joseph Wright of Derby

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on heavy laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    plate: 50.3 x 35.4 cm (19 13/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.9 x 36.1 cm (20 1/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.60.48

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Smith 1884, no. 49

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frederic R. Halsey [1847-1918], New York (Lugt 1308); Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 45.

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.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 45.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Iosh:Wright Pinxt.; lower center in plate: Publish'd. Decr 2d.1771.; lower right in plate: W:Pether.Fecit; across bottom in plate: A FARRIER'S SHOP. / Sold by W. Pether Gt. Russell St. Bloomsbury.; by later hand, center verso: 19; by later hands, lower left verso: 17 13 / FTS found July 1898 / [British pound] t.t.x / fol. 434 / [U?].C.; by later hands, lower right verso: #22 / 5231 / 30

Wikidata ID

Q75119137

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