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Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804, British, Night, 1756
- Title:
- Night
- Date:
- 1756
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches (39.7 x 53.9 cm), Plate: 11 7/16 x 16 1/2 inches (29 x 41.9 cm), Image: 10 7/16 x 15 15/16 inches (26.5 x 40.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left, written sideways: "19"; on back, upper right: "£ 6.10.10"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Brooking Pinx"; lower center: "Night | Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, & Sold by J. Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the Corner of Queen Street, Cheapside London 1756. _"; lower right: "J. Boydell Sculp _ | 67"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11117
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bags (containers) | battle | boxes (containers) | cargo | carrying | castle | coast | costume | dark | destruction | escape | evening | fire | flags | fort | galleons | gesture | man-of-war | marine art | men | night | pointing | rocks (landforms) | sea | seamen | ships | shipwreck | shore (landform) | smoke | walking | walls
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30539
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