FDA-E.169-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.169-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Venus
Title Type
assigned by artist
Comments
Description as 2nd state of 1st plate but size reduced
Other number
STO 31
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 326mm
width (actual size): 250mm
width (actual size): 250mm
Inscription
Lettered 'Venus. Engraved from the Original Picture painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds - Grave d'apres le Tableau original peint par Le Chevalier Reynolds.'
Physical description
Cut to size
Production
Person
Collyer, Joseph, ? - d. 1776 (Engraver)
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir), 1723 - 1792 (Source artist)
Dickinson, William, 1746 - 1823 (Publisher)
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir), 1723 - 1792 (Source artist)
Dickinson, William, 1746 - 1823 (Publisher)
Date
09/10/1786
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Hamilton, E., A Catalogue Raisonne of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., from 1755 to 1822, London: P&D Colnaghi and Co., 1884 (p. 159)
