Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813, British

after Josiah Boydell, 1752–1817, British

Published by John Boydell, 1720–1804, British
Title:
John Boydell, Engraver
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, modereately textured, cream laid paper, laid on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 3/8 x 13 5/16 inches (46.6 x 33.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "CS 10"; on back of mount, lower center: "S[...]t 1810 | 1X S"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.12194
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
portrait | catalog | books | burin | print | bookshelves | coat | man | papers | column (architectural element) | pillar | fight with the dragon; Jason sprinkles a drug in its eyes, possibly assisted by Medea | dragon
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Rosie Dias, Exhibiting Englishness, John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery and the formation of a national aesthetic , Yale University Press, New Haven, 2013, pp. 16, 105, 107, fig. 37, N72.N38 D53 2013 (YCBA)

James Hamilton, A Strange Business : A Revolution in Art, Culture, and Commerce in 19th Century London, Pegasus Books, New York, London, 2015, see plate section between pp. 178 and 179, unnumbered plate, N8600 .H36 2015 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:32082