A Cottage on Fire, 1799

Not on View

Medium

color mezzotint with hand coloring and varnish on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 57.9 × 40.6 cm (22 13/16 × 16 in.)
plate: 51.4 × 31.1 cm (20 1/4 × 12 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1980.45.1545

Artists / Makers

Charles Turner (artist) British, 1773 - 1857

Mrs. Yates (artist after) British, active late 18th century

Edward Orme (publisher) British, 1774 - 1816 or after

Image Use

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Inscription

In plate, below image, at center: Orme, Conduit Street. Excu.t / A COTTAGE ON FIRE. / From the Original Trasparent Drawing by the Hon.ble Mrs. Yates. Excu.t // Sold & Published Jan.y 1799, by Ed.d Orme, Conduit Street, London. _ Where may be had a variety of Transparent Prints, Drawings, & every new Publication. / NB. All Requisites for Drawing Transparencies, Sold as above

Marks and Labels

recto: none; verso: Howard Coppuck Levis (Lugt 565)

Provenance

Howard Coppuck Levis (1859-1935) [Lugt 565]

Associated Names

Levis, Howard Coppuck
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius