R1879: Charles Erskine

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R1879

People

James McArdell, British (c. 1729 - 1765)
After Thomas Hudson, British (Devon, England 1701 - 1779 Twickenham, England)

Title

Charles Erskine

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1737

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/248659

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Mezzotint

Dimensions

plate: 32.8 × 22.5 cm (12 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
sheet: 33.5 × 23.2 cm (13 3/16 × 9 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: JWR[very faint]: see Nagler see Thomas Paine [?]
  JWR?: 3.50
• inscription: lower left, in plate, under image: Tho.s Hudson pinx.t
• inscription: lower right, in plate, under image: Ja.s M.cArdell fecit
• inscription: lower center, in plate: Charles Erksine Esq:r / Conƒellor at Law At. suœ 31. / Oftendent terris hunc tantum fata, neque ultra Eƒse finent. Virg. Æn. Lib. 6. [handwritten?:] P j. 6
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 36112
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: Zogg 2nd st. sm. 62 / Goodwin 136
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Y

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

John Witt Randall, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, his sister, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

ii/iii

Standard Reference Number

Goodwin 136; John Chaloner Smith 62

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

Object Number

R1879

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/28/2018 - 07/25/2018

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