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Print made by Henry Hoppner Meyer, ca. 1782–1847, British, Henry Tilson, Painter, between 1800 and 1840
- Title:
Henry Tilson, Painter
- Date:
- between 1800 and 1840
- Medium:
- Etching and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 7/8 inches (37.8 × 27.6 cm), Image: 12 1/8 × 10 inches (30.8 × 25.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "5/- | 2500"
Lettered below image: "Henry Tilson, pinxt. | H. Meyer sculpt. | HENRY TILSON, PAINTER; | Grandson to the Bishop of Elphin. Pupil of Sr. Peter Lely, | And a Friend of Dahl. | He studied in Italy successfully the best Pinters: He died in Loncolns Inn Fields, Aged 36, and was | buried 25th Novr. 1695, at St. Dunstans in the West. Vide Walpoles Anecdotes."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.12641
- 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:49164
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