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Print made by unknown artist, eighteenth century, The Contemplative Charmer, 1786
- Title:
The Contemplative Charmer
- Date:
- 1786
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 35 3/4 × 10 3/8 inches (90.8 × 26.4 cm), Plate: 14 × 9 7/8 inches (35.6 × 25.1 cm), Image: 13 1/4 × 9 7/8 inches (33.7 × 25.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "#177"
Lettered inside image, center: "Hervey's Meditations"; below image, lower center: "The Contemplative Charmer."; below image: "Such are the Charms that flush the Cheek, | And Sparkle in the Eye, | So, from the lovely finish'd form, | The transient Graces fly."; lower center: "London, Printed for Robert Sayer, Map and Printseller No.53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1st July, 1786"; lower right: "194"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.763
- 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:22460
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