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Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish, Count Ugolino della Gherardesca and His Sons in Prison, 1774
- Title:
- Count Ugolino della Gherardesca and His Sons in Prison
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
- Date:
- 1774
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 1/2 × 25 1/4 inches (52.1 × 64.1 cm), Plate: 20 × 24 11/16 inches (50.8 × 62.7 cm), Image: 19 7/8 × 24 5/8 inches (50.5 × 62.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector’s mark: Thomas Kirk (Lugt 1623)
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds | Publish'd as the Act Directs Febr. 1st 1774."; lettered, lower left: "Ugolino"; lettered, lower center: "John Boydell excudit 1774"; lettered, lower right: "J.Dixon sculp"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10359
- 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:26415
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Matthew Craske, Joseph Wright of Derby : Painter of darkness, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, pp. 298-299, fig. 194, NJ18.W95 C72 2020+ (YCBA) [YCBA]
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