Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811, British, Sisters Contemplating on Mortality, 1770
- Title:
- Sisters Contemplating on Mortality
- Date:
- 1770
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint (first state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 × 14 1/4 inches (50.8 × 36.2 cm), Plate: 19 7/8 × 14 inches (50.5 × 35.6 cm), Image: 18 × 14 inches (45.7 × 35.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper center: "/2"; center: "144P (encircled)"; lower right: "R6178 | Cost mi/-/-| 1st state | sells ce/ at"
Collector’s mark: Henry Percy Horne (Lugt 2804)
Lettered below image, left: "G Romney pinx +"; lower center: "Published Sep.tr 20th, 1770. by J Boydell Engraver in Cheapside"; right: "R Dunkarton fecit"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.359
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arch | clouds | contemplation | dresses | low-relief sculpture | Mortality, Extinction of Life | pointing | religious and mythological subject | ruins | silk (textile) | skirts | sky | standing | statue | tree | vines | women
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21852
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