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Caroline Watson

Portrait of Benjamin West

Description

Maker

Caroline Watson (British, 1760-1814), printmaker
After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828), designer
John &amp

Title

Portrait of Benjamin West

Year

1786

Medium

  • stipple engraving (printing process)

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • stipple engraving (printing process)

Materials

stipple engraving (printing process)

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

21.9 x 16.4 cm (8 5/8 x 6 7/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:in pencil inscribed, LL:Lu T ; inscribed, LC:Caroline Watson, 1759-/Nagler Kunstler Lexicon XXI . p. 323In Plate--Inscribed under image, LL:Gabriel Stuart pinxit. ; LC:Jn.° & Jos.h Boydell excudit 1786; LR:Caroline Watson Sculpsit./Engraver to her Majesty ; titled and inscribed, LC of plate:BENJAMIN WEST ESQ.R/HISTORICAL PAINTER to His MAJESTY./From the Original Picture, in the Proprietors Gallery./Published March 1.st 1786, by John & Josiah Boydell, N° 90 CheapsideLondon

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded byPROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Alice G. Taft, Marianna Taft, Hope Smith and Brockholst M. Smith

Object Number

45.113.38

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Age of Canova
Nov 06, 1957 – Dec 15, 1957

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Caroline Watson (British, 1760-1814), printmaker
After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828), designer
John & Josiah Boydell (British), publisher
Portrait of Benjamin West, 1786
stipple engraving (printing process)
21.9 x 16.4 cm (8 5/8 x 6 7/16 inches) (plate)
Gift of Alice G. Taft, Marianna Taft, Hope Smith and Brockholst M. Smith 45.113.38

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