Mezzotint

Print

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Boscobel House and Gardens

Name/Title

Mezzotint

Entry/Object ID

A 61.3 b

Description

Print of mezzotint "Lady's maid soaping linnen," hand-colored in a wooden frame. Description of print has been cut off and pasted to wooden backboard of frame. Blue ribbon tied to round hanging hardware.

Type of Print

Mezzotint

Category

Prints/Drawings

Acquisition

Accession

A 61.3

Source or Donor

William C. Kennedy

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Purchase, 1961

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Philip Dawe

Role

Print Maker

Artist

Henry Robert Moreland

Attribution

After

Role

Artist

Artist

Carington Bowles

Role

Publisher

Date made

1769

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Notes

Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Hen. Morland pinxt,, | LONDON : Published as the Act directs, Octr. 2st. 1769."; lower center: "Carrington Bowles excudit. | Ladys Maid Soaping Linnen."; lower right: "Phil Dawe fecit | Printed for CARINGTON BOWLES, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard." inscription from similar object at Yale Center for British Art

Dimensions

Height

5-1/4 in

Width

4-1/8 in

Provenance

Notes

Purchase, William C. Kennedy 6/12/61