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Print made by John Jones, ca. 1745–1797, British, The Girl Sleeping, 1790
- Title:
- The Girl Sleeping
- Date:
- 1790
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, engraving, aquatint and stipple (first state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 3/4 × 12 3/8 inches (40 × 31.4 cm), Plate: 15 × 11 1/16 inches (38.1 × 28.1 cm), Image: 10 3/4 × 9 1/16 inches (27.3 × 23 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Sleeping Nymph"; inscribed on verso in graphite, center: "129 | 35; lower center: "167"; lower right: "9214"
Watermark
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds."; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by John Jones."; lettered, lower center: "Publ'd as the Act directs April 1st 1790. by J.Jones No.75 Great Portland Street."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.315
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21807
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