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William Say, 1768–1834, British, The Society of Dilettanti, between 1800 and 1820
- Title:
- The Society of Dilettanti
- Date:
- between 1800 and 1820
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 1/2 × 15 1/4 inches (52.1 × 38.7 cm), Image: 18 7/8 × 14 3/4 inches (47.9 × 37.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "billet an le freight | No.2"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered below image, lower left to lower right: "Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxt. Lord Mulgrave. Lord Dundas. Honble. Charles Greville. Charles Crowle Esqr. Duke of Leeds. Sir Joseph Banks. Turner Sculp."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1014
- 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:49998
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J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 38, 84, no. 36 (2), N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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