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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1879
People
James McArdell, British (c. 1729 - 1765)
After Thomas Hudson, British (Devon, England 1701 - 1779 Twickenham, England)
Title
Charles Erskine
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1737
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/248659

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Mezzotint
Dimensions
plate: 32.8 × 22.5 cm (12 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
sheet: 33.5 × 23.2 cm (13 3/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: JWR[very faint]: see Nagler see Thomas Paine [?]
    JWR?: 3.50
  • inscription: lower left, in plate, under image: Tho.s Hudson pinx.t
  • inscription: lower right, in plate, under image: Ja.s M.cArdell fecit
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: Charles Erksine Esq:r / Conƒellor at Law At. suœ 31. / Oftendent terris hunc tantum fata, neque ultra Eƒse finent. Virg. Æn. Lib. 6. [handwritten?:] P j. 6
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 36112
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: Zogg 2nd st. sm. 62 / Goodwin 136
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Y

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, his sister, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
Goodwin 136; John Chaloner Smith 62

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R1879
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/28/2018 - 07/25/2018

Verification Level

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