Edmund Burke

James Watson; After Sir Joshua Reynolds

Caption

James Watson (Irish, 1740–1790); After Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723–1792). Edmund Burke, June 1770. Mezzotint, 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). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Blum, 54.12.2.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Edmund Burke

Date

June 1770

Medium

Mezzotint

Classification

Print

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)

Signatures

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"

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Blum

Accession Number

54.12.2

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