Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767after Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760)Published by John Boydell, 1720–1804, British
Title:
Mr. Foote in the Character of Major Sturgeon in "The Mayor of Garratt"
Date:
1765
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches (44.8 x 52.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, upper left: "7137 - + s / Mr. Foote in the character of Major Sturgeon"; on back, lower left: "44161"; on back, lower right: "The Mayor of Garratt"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.14610
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
books | maps | newspaper | table | chair | tricornes | boots | wigs | costume | coats | swords | muskets | interior | humor | satire | comedy | men | actors | theater (discipline) | fireplace | trophy | brocade | antlers | flowers (plants) | smile | literary theme | The Mayor of Garratt, play by Samuel Foot, 1764 | play
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)
Publications:
C. A. Lennox-Boyd, Theatre: the age of Garrick, English mezzotints from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd , Christopher Lenox-Boyd, London, 1994, pp. 33-34, no. 14, NE1816 G7 L45 1994 (YCBA)John Chaloner Smith, British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century : arranged according to the engravers, the inscriptions given at full length, and the variations of state precisely set forth : acc , Martino Pub., Mansfield Centre, CT, 2004, v. 2, p. 692, Haid no. 2, NE1816.G7 S58 2004