Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British

after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792, British
Title:
Laurence Sterne, A.M.
Date:
1760
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches (39.7 x 29.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "L/m"; lower left: "Vol 6 P 319";, on back, upper left: "100"; lower left: "(design)"; lower right: "This print is [...] and [...] | being an impression before the Plate was reduced | 111 for 176/crease 15/"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10260
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
portrait | papers | wig | mantle | cloak | sleeves | robe | drapery | garter | desk | quills | author | poet | posing | gesturing | smiling | gaze | vicar | sitting | leg | curls | Sterne, Laurence (1713–1768), writer and Church of England clergyman
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26317