Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813, British, The Return of Tobias, 1805
- Title:
- The Return of Tobias
- Additional Title(s):
- Tobit and Tobias
- Date:
- 1805
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 × 27 inches (50.8 × 68.6 cm), Plate: 15 7/8 × 21 inches (40.3 × 53.3 cm), Image: 14 7/8 × 21 inches (37.8 × 53.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "Vol 6 | 72374"
Scratched lettering below image, lower left: "Painted by B.West Esqr. P.R.A. Historical Pinter to His Majesty."; lower center: "London" Published Septr. 25th. 1805, by V.Green, No. 51, Upper Tichfield Street, for the Benefit of the Society of Engravers."; lower right: "Engraved by V.Green, S.A.E.R.A. and Mezzotinto Engraver to His Majesty."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.687
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- angel | Bible | blind | chair | cloud | crouching | dog | father | headscarf | hill | man | moon | Old Testament | reaching | religious and mythological subject | sitting | son | staff | the book of Tobit | the journey to Ecbatana (Tobit 4-6) | Tobias and the angel Raphael continue their journey; usually Tobias carrying the fish | tree
- Associated People:
- Tobias, son of Tobit and Anna
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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