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Print made by John Young, 1755–1825, British, The Setting Sun, 1790
- Title:
The Setting Sun
- Additional Title(s):
The Godsall Children
- Date:
- 1790
- Medium:
- Mezzotint (first state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 18 1/8 × 23 1/2 inches (46 × 59.7 cm), Plate: 17 × 22 inches (43.2 × 55.9 cm), Image: 15 7/8 × 22 inches (40.3 × 55.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, lower left: "J Young"; in graphite, lower left: "14234 | [...] 1836 | #24"; center right: "32F86"
Lettered below image, lower left: "Painted by J. Hoppner Esq Portrait Painter to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales"; lower center: "THE SETTING SUN | London, Published Jany. 21st. 1790, by J. Young, New Store Street, Bedford Square"; lower right: "Engraved by J. Young, Engraver in Mezzotinto to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.392
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22082
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