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Print made by Robert Blyth, 1750–1784, Silenus, 1779
- Title:
Silenus
- Date:
- 1779
- Medium:
- Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 x 9 13/16 inches (27.9 x 25 cm), Plate: 9 5/16 x 8 1/8 inches (23.7 x 20.7 cm), Image: 8 9/16 x 7 7/16 inches (21.7 x 18.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, along lower left border of oval image: "Drawn by . Mortimer."; lower center: "Published as the Act directs, July 19 1779, by R. Blyth."; along lower right border of oval image: "Etched by R. Blyth."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.12093
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- beard | man | moustache | mythology | oval | portrait | vines | wreath
- Associated People:
- Silenus
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31787
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