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J. Wellis, active 1799, To the officers and Corps of the Newport Volunteers this View of the Town with Volunteers on their March to be Reviewed by the Right Honble General Sir Wm. Pitt, K.B. on the 29th July 1798, is with Respect Inscribed, 1799
- Title:
- To the officers and Corps of the Newport Volunteers this View of the Town with Volunteers on their March to be Reviewed by the Right Honble General Sir Wm. Pitt, K.B. on the 29th July 1798, is with Respect Inscribed
- Date:
- 1799
- Materials & Techniques:
- Colored aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 1/2 × 25 1/4 inches (52.1 × 64.1 cm), Image: 15 3/4 × 21 9/16 inches (40 × 54.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermark: 1794
Lettered, lower left: "Drawn by R. Livesay Drawing Master to the R. A. Portsmouth."; lettered, lower center: "To the OFFICERS & CORPS of the Newport Volunteers this View of the TOWN with the VOLUNTEERS | on their March to be Reviewed by the Right Honble General Sir Wm Pitt K.B. | on the 29th July 1798 is with respect Inscribed by their obliged humble Servant Rich Livesay"; lettered, lower center: "Publih'd as the Act directs August 12 1799 by R. Livesay Portsea."; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by J. Wells"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.274
- 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:41916
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