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John Watts, active 1766–1786, Joseph Baretti. Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy, 1780
- Title:
- Joseph Baretti. Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy
- Date:
- 1780
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 3/16 × 14 3/4 inches (51.3 × 37.5 cm), Plate: 17 7/8 × 12 7/8 inches (45.4 × 32.7 cm), Image: 16 × 12 15/16 inches (40.6 × 32.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "b.6749"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "26281"
Lettered, lower left: "Joshua Reynolds Eques pinxit."; lettered, lower right: "J. Watts sculpsit."; lettered, lower center: "JOSEPH BARETTI. | Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy. | Published July 18th.1780 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1993.18.2
- 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:4011
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