John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish, Mr. John Joshua Kirby, between 1765 and 1771
- Title:
- Mr. John Joshua Kirby
- Additional Title(s):
- Mr. Kirby, Designer in Perspective to their Majesties and Author of Dr. Brook Taylor's Method of Perspective Made Easy
- Date:
- between 1765 and 1771
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 18 3/8 x 12 inches (46.7 x 30.5 cm), Plate: 14 1/16 x 9 15/16 inches (35.7 x 25.2 cm), Image: 12 1/2 x 9 15/16 inches (31.7 x 25.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on front, lower right: "C.S.21 only st. B46g6 | EH"
Lettered, lower left: "Gainsborough pinx.t"; lower center: "Mr. Kirby, ~ | Designer in Perspective to their MAJESTIES and Author of D,,r Book Taylor's | Method of Perspective made Easy &c &c | Sold by Ryland & Bryer, Engravers & Printsellers, at the Kings Arms in Cornhill."; lower right: "Dixon fecit"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.227
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- artist | author | buttons | cravat | designer | gaze | man | middle-aged | oval | perspective | portrait | posing | solemn | wig
- Associated People:
- Kirby, John Joshua (1716–1774), painter/draughtsman ,author/poet
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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