Print made by Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766, Irishafter Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716)
Title:
Correspondence
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/16 × 10 5/8 inches (33.2 × 27 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "P.Mercier Pinxt"; lower center: "Correspondence | Proof | #60"; lower right: "C.Corbutt fecit | Purcell | 7/6 | S - p 1027 - no 81"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.1108
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
writing | fur | figure study | cameo | inkwell | bracelet | genre subject | letter (correspondence)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
John Ingamells, A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings of Philip Mercier, Volume of the Walpole Society, vol. 46, Walpole Society, 1976-8, p. 41, no. 144, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA)