Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

James Watson, 1740–1790, British

after Charles Grignion, 1754–1804, British

Title:

Sir Richard Pearson

Date:

1780

Medium:

Mezzotint

Dimensions:

Sheet: 11 x 15 5/8in. (27.9 x 39.7cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered, lower left: "Charles Grignion Junr. Pinxit 1780."; lettered, lower right: "James Watson Sculpsit."; lettered, lower center: "John Boydell excudit 1780 | SIR RICHARD PEARSON, | of his Majesty's Ship the Alarm.| (late Commander of the Serapis.) | Published Novr. 1st 1780, by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, London."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1973.3.3

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Currently On View:

Not on view

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23304