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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.23
People
Unidentified Artist
Published by Carington Bowles, British (1724 - 1793)
Title
The Appointment Overheard and Prevented
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1770
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/357465

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Mezzotint
Dimensions
image: 32.4 × 24.9 cm (12 3/4 × 9 13/16 in.)
plate: 35.3 × 25 cm (13 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
sheet: 33.6 × 27.6 cm (13 1/4 × 10 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, below image: The APPOINTMENT OVERHEARD and PREVENTED. / Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs.
  • inscription: verso, center left, graphite: (920$)
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: RM / 12703
  • inscription: from old mat, now removed, graphite: #12703 / ph

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Donald A. Heald, New York], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.23
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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