Print Plate for Spreading
George Hunt, English, active 1820 - 1845
after M. Egerton, English, active 1825
1829
Aquatinted and etched copper printing plate
Overall: 9 1/2 × 8 in. (24.2 × 20.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Jane and W. David Dance, Class of 1940
MIS.2004.10.3
Publisher
Thomas McLean (1788 - 1875), London, England
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Engraved [in mirror image], lower left, below image: Engraved by G. Hunt.; engraved [in mirror image], bottom center: Pub.d by Thos. Mc. Lean. 26, Haymarket.; on reverse: engraved, top left, diagonally, from top to bottom: HUGHES / 11 LOMBARD St / FLEET St; engraved, lower right, diagonally, from bottom to top: HUGHES / 11 LOMBARD St / FLEET St
Course History
ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Joy Kenseth, Marlene Heck, Winter 2012
ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Joy Kenseth, Mary Coffey, Winter 2014
ARTH 28.08, Italian Art from Renaissance to Baroque: Crisis and Invention, Elizabeth Kassler-Taub, Winter 2020
ARTH 28.09/MES 18.02, Art on the Move: Renaissance Italy and the Islamic World, Elizabeth Kassler-Taub, Winter 2021
Provenance
Justin F. Skrebowski Prints, London; sold to present collection, 2004.
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