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Edmund Burke

James Watson, After Sir Joshua Reynolds

European Art

MEDIUM Mezzotint
DATES June 1770
DIMENSIONS Sheet: 16 x 11 7/8 in. (40.6 x 30.2 cm) Plate: 14 15/16 x 10 15/16 in. (38 x 27.8 cm)
SIGNATURE Unsigned
INSCRIPTIONS Lower left in plate below image "Sr Joshua Reynolds pinxit"; lower right in plate below image "James Watson fecit"; lower center in plate "Edmund Burke Esqr."; in plate lower left to lower right "London: Printed for J. Watson in Queen Ann Street, near Titchfield Street, Oxford Road, Publith'd as the Act directs, 20 June 1770" Verso: lower left in graphite "a35252"; lower center in graphite "L2378.211"; lower right in graphite "R. T. Halsey"
COLLECTIONS European Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 54.12.2
CREDIT LINE Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Blum
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
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