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Print made by Nathaniel Hone, 1718–1784, Irish, Monachum Non Facit Cucullus - The Cowl Does Not Make the Monk, 1772
- Title:
Monachum Non Facit Cucullus - The Cowl Does Not Make the Monk
- Additional Title(s):
Francis Grose and Theodosis Forrest
- Date:
- 1772
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 × 18 inches (35.6 × 45.7 cm), Image: 13 1/2 × 17 7/8 inches (34.3 × 45.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "2"; inscribed in graphite, verso, center: "2543
Lettered, lower left: "Nathl. Hone pinxt. et Sculpsit"; lettered, lower right: "Publish'd Jany 30th 1772 by Mr Hone St. James Place.-"; lettered, lower center: "Monachum non facit cucullus."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1316
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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