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Print made by John Young, 1755–1825, British, A Sleeping Bacchante, 1789
- Title:
A Sleeping Bacchante
- Date:
- 1789
- Medium:
- Mezzotint (etched letter proof) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 3/4 inches (30.2 × 40 cm), Plate: 10 15/16 × 14 1/2 inches (27.8 × 36.8 cm), Image: 9 7/8 × 14 3/8 inches (25.1 × 36.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "10157"
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by J Hoppner Esq. Portrait Painter | to HIs Royal Highness the Prince of Wales"; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by J Young Engraver in Mezzotints to His | Royal Higness the Prince of Wales"; lettered, lower center: "A Sleeping Bacchante | Publish'd Dec. 2nd 1789 , J Young New Store Street Bedford Square, London"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.435
- 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:22125
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