M23991: Miravan

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

Permissions

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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

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