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John Watts, active 1766–1786

Joseph Baretti. Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy

1780

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Creator

John Watts, active 1766–1786
after Sir Joshua Reynolds, born in Plympton, England, 1723; active in England and Italy; died in London, England, 1792
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 in the Study Room [Request]
Link

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4011
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