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Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798, British, Mercury, 1777
- Title:
Mercury
- Date:
- 1777
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 x 12 3/8 inches (43.2 x 31.5 cm), Plate: 15 9/16 x 10 15/16 inches (39.5 x 27.8 cm), Image: 13 9/16 x 10 7/8 inches (34.4 x 27.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "105-"; inscribed on verso, upper center: "AE (in monogram) S"; upper right: "20415"; lower left: "15393"; lower left: "Thane"; lower right: "Paw 30/ | 152"
Collector's mark: Thomas Thane (Lugt 2420)
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxit."; lower right: "Iohn Dean Fecit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.292
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boy | coat | coin purse | god | hat | mythology | portrait | portrait | religious and mythological subject | trees | wings
- Associated People:
- Mercury
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21784
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