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Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812, British, The Calling of Samuel, 1783
- Title:
The Calling of Samuel
- Date:
- 1783
- Medium:
- Mezzotint (second state) on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 5/16 × 12 3/16 inches (41.4 × 31 cm), Plate: 15 × 10 7/8 inches (38.1 × 27.6 cm), Image: 13 3/16 × 10 13/16 inches (33.5 × 27.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "H"; lower right: "253"; upper left: "21 3/4 x 18"
Collector’s mark: Henry Percy Horne (Lugt 2804); collector’s mark: J. J. Heywood (Lugt 1276); collector’s mark: Unidentified, E.H. (Lugt 871)
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by Sr. Joshua Reynolds" lettered, lower right: "Engraved by J. R. Smith"; lettered, lower center: "THE CALLING OF SAMUEL. | London Publish'd July 18 1783 by J. R. Smith, No.83 Oxford Street.
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.285
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- awe | blanket | boy | clouds | gazing | gesturing | light | listening | obedience | Old Testament | portrait | religious and mythological subject | the calling of Samuel (1 Samuel 3)
- Associated People:
- Samuel
God - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21773
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