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- Title:
King John Ratifying the Magna Charta
- Date:
- ca. 1783
- Medium:
- Stipple engraving, engraver's proof
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 18 5/16 x 23 5/8in. (46.5 x 60cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Engraved inscriptions: below image at left, "J. Mortimer Print"; below image at center, "The Ratifying Magna Charta by King John"; and below image at center, "Pubd Jany 1.1781"; below image at right, "W.W. Ryland Sculp."; on back of print, the following handwritten inscription is taped onto the lower left corner, "Left unfinished in [?]te on the death of Ryland and afterwards finished by F. Bartolozzi."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2002.16.1
- 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:52066
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