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Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777, French, active in Britain, Evening, 1745
- Title:
Evening
- Additional Title(s):
Evening, or Sun Setting
Le soir, ou soleil couchant
Evening or Sun Setting
- Date:
- 1745
- Medium:
- Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 1/4 inches (37.9 x 53.9 cm), Plate: 12 1/16 x 15 7/8 inches (30.6 x 40.3 cm), Image: 10 13/16 x 14 3/4 inches (27.4 x 37.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered in black ink, upper left: "9"; lower left: "P. Monamy pinxt. | Evening, or Sun setting."; lower center: "Published according to Act of Parliament 21. Febry. 1745-6. | Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse, Cornhill."; lower right: "Canat Sculp. | Le Soir, ou Soleil couchant."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11970
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- buildings | castle | coast | coats | evening | flags | fort | galleons | genre subject | hats | hills | labor | light | marine art | masts | men | men-of-war | oars | ropes | rowboat | rowing | sailboats | sails | sea | seamen | ships | shore (landform) | smoke | sunlight | sunset | trousers | workers | working
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31756
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