Image
Caroline Watson, printmaker
Portrait of Benjamin West, 1786
Description
Maker
- Caroline Watson, 1760-1814, British, printmaker
- John & Josiah Boydell, British, publisher
- After Gilbert Stuart, 1755-1828, American, designer
Title
Portrait of Benjamin West
Year
1786
Medium
stipple engraving (printing process)
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Supports
Dimensions
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21.9 x 16.4 cm (8 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches) (plate)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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
Type
Credit
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Gift of Alice G. Taft, Marianna Taft, Hope Smith and Brockholst M. Smith
Object Number
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45.113.38
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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