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Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790, British, The Musical Boy, 1777
- Title:
The Musical Boy
- Date:
- 1777
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 5/16 × 11 1/4 inches (38.9 × 28.6 cm), Plate: 15 × 11 inches (38.1 × 27.9 cm), Image: 13 9/16 × 10 7/8 inches (34.4 × 27.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "21 3/4 x 18"; lower left: "481"; lower center: "159 T"; lower right: "3"
Lettered, lower left: "F. Halls Pinxit."; lettered, lower right: "James Watson Sculpsit."; lettered, lower center: "Publish'd July 24th 1777 by John Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.532
- 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:22220
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