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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M23991
People
Valentine Green, British (Salford, England 1739 - 1813 London)
After Joseph Wright of Derby, British (Derby, England 1734 - 1797 Derby, England)
Title
Miravan
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of His Ancestors
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1772
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232955

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Mezzotint
Dimensions
sheet: 50.2 x 35.4 cm (19 3/4 x 13 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: "scratch" lettering in plate, lower margin: Jos Wright pinxit. Publish'd Decem.r 18.th 1772, / by J. Boydell, Cheapside. V. Green fecit.
  • inscription: verso, blue ballpoint ink: 261 [in a circle]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: No 51B 1056.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
James A. Bergquist, gift; to Harvard Art Museums

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
LeBlanc 49; Chaloner Smith162; Whitman 174; Edgerton 11

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James A. Bergquist
Accession Year
1998
Object Number
M23991
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Judy Egerton, Wright of Derby, exh. cat., Tate Britain (London, 1990), p. 241 [reference citation, not Harvard impression]

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/10/2017 - 08/01/2017

Verification Level

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