The Stone Carriage (from Vol 2 of "A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians; in one hundred coloured plates,' &c., with short descriptions")
John Augustus Atkinson, English, 1775 - 1831
1804
Color etching on paper
Image: 6 1/16 × 8 9/16 in. (15.4 × 21.8 cm)
Plate: 7 5/16 × 9 7/8 in. (18.5 × 25.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/16 × 13 5/8 in. (28.1 × 34.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund
PR.949.28
Publisher
John and Josiah Boydell, London, England
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower left margin: Drawn and Etched by John Augustus Atkinson.; inscribed, in plate, lower center: Stone Carriage / Published as the Act directs Feb. 1, 1804, by J.A. Atkinson and Ja.s [s in superscript] Walker. No. [o in superscript] 8. Conway Street, Fitzroy Square and Mess.rs [rs in superscript] Joh and Josiah Boydell, Pall Mall, & Cheapside, London.; inscribed, in graphite, lower left: $5.00; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower center left: 31 [underlinded and inversed]; stamped, in blue ink, lower left: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE / DEPT. OF ART AND / ARCHAEOLOGY; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower left: Filed with Boydell; Watermark, lower right: E & P
Provenance
Cora McDevitt Wilson (1880-1975), The Book & Print Shop, Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1949.
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