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Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781, British, Sigismunda, 1779
- Title:
Sigismunda
- Date:
- 1779
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 3/16 × 10 3/16 inches (33.5 × 25.9 cm), Plate: 10 3/8 × 7 7/8 inches (26.4 × 20 cm), Image: 8 3/8 × 7 13/16 inches (21.3 × 19.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "21 3/4 x 18"; lower left: "625"; in pen and gray ink, upper left: "[Smith] | 5.2889 (2)"
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by F. Wheatley."; lettered, lower right: "Engrav'd by Thos. Watson."; lettered, lower center: "London, Publish'd March 10th 1779 by Dickinson & Watson No.158, New Bond Street."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.692
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- literary theme | princess | The Decameron (Boccaccio)
- Associated People:
- Sigismunda
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22389
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Francis Wheatley (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-08-31 - 2006-02-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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