Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812, French, James Beattie, LL.D, 1805
- Title:
- James Beattie, LL.D.
- Date:
- 1805
- Materials & Techniques:
- Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 1/8 inches (19.8 × 23.1 cm), Image: 6 9/16 × 8 9/16 inches (16.6 × 21.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "vol 1 p 34"
Lettered, lower left: "Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx"; lower center: "JAMES BEATTIE LL.D. | O Magna Vis Vertitatis, quae contra hominum ingenuim, Calliditatem; Solertiam, | contrapque ficta ommium insidias, facile se, per se ipsa, defendat. | Published16th May 1805 by T Philipe, Golden Square, London. Cicero"; lower right: "T Gaugain sculp"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.9784
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- angel | book | collar | cuffs | gaze | justice | man | mantle | philosopher | poet | portrait | posing | robes | ruffs | scales (weighing devices) | truth | wings
- Associated People:
- Beattie, James (1735–1803), poet and philosopher
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