Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)after Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)Published by Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798, British
Title:
Trade Card for Thomas Sandby, Jr.
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 13/16 × 5 11/16 inches (14.8 × 14.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, lower center, within image: "T. SANDBY Junr. | St. Georges Row Oxford Street,"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Drummond
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1983.3
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
costume | lamp | embracing | lovers | man | oval | leaves | drawing | silhouettes | curtains | the daughter of Butades, Debutades, draws the silhouette of her lover on the wall, i.e. 'the origin of painting' | artist | portrait | woman | bench | trade card | wall | love | pedestal | religious and mythological subject | flowers (motifs) | ancient Greek | fire
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Susan Rather, The American school : artists and status in the late-colonial and early national era, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2016, pp. 219-20, fig. 163, N6507 .R38 2016 (YCBA)