Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798, British, Mercury, 1777
- Title:
- Mercury
- Date:
- 1777
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 x 12 5/16 inches (43.2 x 31.3 cm), Plate: 15 1/2 x 10 13/16 inches (39.3 x 27.4 cm), Image: 13 7/16 x 10 13/16 inches (34.2 x 27.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "21 3/4 x 18"; lower right: "x | 258 (circled) | 105"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxit"; lower center: "Publish'd as the Act directs 17 March 1777 by R Sayer & J Bennett No,, 53, Fleet Street"; lower right: "Iohn Dean Fecit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.293
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boy | coat | coin purse | god | hat | mythology | portrait | religious and mythological subject | trees | wings
- Associated People:
- Mercury
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21785
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