Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Thomas Watson, 1743–1781, British

after Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797, British, active in Italy (1773–75)

Title:

Miss Kitty Dressing

Date:

1781

Materials & Techniques:

Mezzotint, 1st state, proof before title

Dimensions:

Plate: 17 7/8 x 13in. (45.4 x 33cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

London Publish'd Feby. 20th. 1781, for Watson & Dickinson No.158 New Bond Street (bottom center within plate mark below image); 1st state, proof before title.

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.14597

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Currently On View:

Not on view

Exhibition History:

Art in Focus : Joseph Wright and the Spectacle of Science (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-03-30 - 2007-06-11)

Joseph Wright of Derby (Tate Britain, 1990-02-07 - 1990-04-22)

Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)

Publications:

Judy Egerton, Wright of Derby, Tate Publishing, London, 1990, p. 246, no. 166, P21, NJ18 W95 +E54 1990 Oversize (YCBA)

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40601