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Creator:
Print made by John Keyse Sherwin, c.1751–1790
after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Title:
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Date:
c.1784
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint (first state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 7/8 × 15 1/2 inches (53 × 39.4 cm), Plate: 11 9/16 × 10 inches (29.4 × 25.4 cm), Chine collé: 11 1/8 × 9 5/8 inches (28.3 × 24.4 cm), Image: 10 3/16 × 8 1/2 inches (25.9 × 21.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "#17"

Lettered, lower left: "Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt."; lettered, lower center: "Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS Knt. | President of the Royal Academy, Principal Painter to his Majesty, Doctor of Laws of Universities of Oxford and Dublin, Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies, and Member of the Imperial Academy at Florence."; lettered, lower right: "J.K. Sherwin sculpt."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.234
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Associated People:
Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–1792), portrait and history painter and art theorist
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21722
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