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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4406
People
Robert Dunkarton, British (1744 - before 1817)
After John Singleton Copley, American (Boston, MA 1738 - 1815 London, England)
Title
William Ponsonby, Earl of Bessborough
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/275980

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mezzotint on paper mounted on linen
Technique
Mezzotint
Dimensions
sheet: 46.3 × 36.3 cm (18 1/4 × 14 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: below image, in plate: Printed by J. S. Copley R. A. [cut off portion] Engraved by R. Dunkarton.
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Early of Besborough [sic] / Baron Ponsonby

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gardiner Green, gift; to Harvard University, 1818

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Sm. 7

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from Harvard University, Gift of Gardiner Greene
Object Number
G4406
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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