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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1162
People
Richard Earlom, British (London, England 1743 - 1822 London, England)
After Joseph Wright of Derby, British (Derby, England 1734 - 1797 Derby, England)
Published by John Boydell, British (Dorrington, England 1719 - 1804 London, England)
Title
The Blacksmith's Shop
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
August 25, 1771
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299985

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Mezzotint
Dimensions
sheet: 60.7 x 43.3 cm (23 7/8 x 17 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Wessely i/ii; Edgerton ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
Wessely 122; Smith 47; Edgerton 7

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1162
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 321, p. 275, repr.
  • Judy Egerton, Wright of Derby, exh. cat., Tate Britain (London, 1990), p. 239 [reference citation, not Harvard impression]
  • Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997

Exhibition History

  • Fine Art for Harvard: The Gray Collection of Engravings, Fogg Art Museum, 09/02/1986 - 11/02/1986
  • 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/10/2017 - 08/01/2017

Subjects and Contexts

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