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Print made by Thomas Ryder, 1746–1810, Irish, The Captive, 1786
- Title:
The Captive
- Date:
- 1786
- Medium:
- Etching and stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 18 3/8 × 22 11/16 inches (46.7 × 57.6 cm), Plate: 17 × 20 inches (43.2 × 50.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "1"; lower left: "Harriet Wright"; lower center: "The Captive"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "Proof before Title | proof II"; center right: "733"
Lettered below image: "J Wright Pinxt. | Publishd as the Act Directs Oct 1 1786 by John & Josiah Boydell Cheapside London | T. Ryder Sculpt."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John E. Larkin Jr. in honor of Jules D. Prown
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2006.3
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- chains | correctional institution | genre subject | jail | jug | prisoner
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:55897
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