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Creator:
Print made by Francis Place, 1647–1728
after Gilbert Soest, ca. 1600–1681
Title:
Richard Thompson
Date:
between 1675 and 1700
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 × 8 3/4 inches (27.9 × 22.2 cm), Plate: 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (26.7 × 21 cm), Image: 8 3/4 × 7 11/16 inches (22.2 × 19.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in pen and purple ink, verso, lower right: "J.s.[ale]."; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "88"; Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "S.13.. | de La [...] 277.A. | 1645-1728"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "R. Thompson Publisher & Printseller"

Lettered, lower center: "Richard Thompson. | J Smith excudit."; lettered, lower left: "G. Soust pinxit."; lettered, lower right: "F. Place fecit."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.18
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21904
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Darkness Into Light - The Early Mezzotint (Yale University Art Gallery, 1976-02-03 - 1976-04-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]


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