Incantation, 1773

Not on View

Medium

mezzotint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 61 x 48.6 cm (24 x 19 1/8 in.)

sheet: 61.4 x 48.9 cm (24 3/16 x 19 1/4 in.)
overall (mat size): 86.4 x 66 cm (34 x 26 in.)

Credit Line

Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Le Blanc, no. 30

Accession Number

2002.65.2

Artists / Makers

John Dixon (artist) British, c. 1740 - 1811

John Hamilton Mortimer (artist after) British, 1740 - 1779

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate: INCANTATION. / Published According to Act of Parliament 20 July 1773 & Sold by J. Boydell Cheapside & J. Dixon Kempes Row Chelsea.

Provenance

Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (C. G. Boerner Limited, New York); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Boerner LLC, C.G.
Lennox-Boyd, Christopher

Exhibition History

2006: The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007

Bibliography

1854: Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels