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Print made by William Pether, ca. 1738–1821, British, A Smoker, 1768
- Title:
- A Smoker
- Date:
- 1768
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 7/16 × 10 7/16 inches (31.6 × 26.5 cm), Plate: 10 × 8 1/4 inches (25.4 × 21 cm), Image: 9 3/16 × 8 3/16 inches (23.3 × 20.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso, upper right: "D'Aves [Coke] | No 14[8]-"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "#49"
Lettered, lower left: "Metsu pinxt."; lettered, lower right: "W.Pether fect et exct."; lettered, lower center: "From an Original Picture, in the Possession of Mr. Robt. Ansell. | Published Aug.1, 1768."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1097
- 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:22787
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