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Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781, British, Circe, 1778
- Title:
Circe
- Date:
- 1778
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 3/16 × 10 inches (33.5 × 25.4 cm), Plate: 9 15/16 × 7 11/16 inches (25.2 × 19.5 cm), Image: 8 9/16 × 7 5/8 inches (21.7 × 19.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, upper left: "[Smith] | 5-2889(92)"; in graphite, lower center: "#75"
Collector's mark: John Chaloner Smith (Lugt 2295bis)
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by D.. Gardner."; lettered, lower right: "Engrav'd by T.Watson."; lettered, lower center: "CIRCE, | The daughter of the Sun, whose charmed cup | Whoever tasted, lost his upright shape; | And downward fell into a groveling swine. | Milton's Mask, L:5. | London, Publish'd Nov. 1st, 1778, for T:Watson, No.142, New Bond Street, & W:Dickninson, No.20, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1293
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- chalice | crown | dress | embroidery | goddess | magic | magic wand | portrait | reflection | religious and mythological subject | shawl
- Associated People:
- Circe
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23141
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