Artist
Benjamin Smith(English, active 1802–1824)English, active 1802–1824
Afterafter
John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)American, 1738–1815
PublisherPublished by
John Boydell(London)English, 1719–1804
CultureEnglish
Titles
- The Most Noble Charles Marquis Cornwallis…
Date1798
Printed inLondon, England
MediumStipple engraving on wove paper
DimensionsPlate: 20 × 15 1/8 in. (50.8 × 38.4 cm)
Sheet: 21 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (54.6 × 41.9 cm)
Sheet: 21 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (54.6 × 41.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Jon Finger, Unal Baysal, Bass Wallace, Ross Spence, Kevin Lewis, Steven Cordill, and Louis Girard in honor of Jerry Finger and Mike McLanahan at "One Great Night in November, 2017"
Object numberB.2017.15
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Washington Hall
Exposé
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Provenance[The Old Print Shop, Inc., New York], by 2017; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition History"Radicals and Revolutionaries: America's Founding Fathers," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 10–May 28, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto, printed in black ink below image, left: Painted by J. S. Copley, R. A.
Recto, printed in black ink below image, right: Engraved by Benj. Smith
Recto, printed in black ink below image, center: THE MOST NOBLE CHARLES MARQUIS CORNWALLIS, &c, &c,
Recto, printed "in black ink" (cursive) below image, center: Master General of the Ordnance/Lieut. General & General Governor of his Majesty’s Kingdom of Ireland / From the Original Picture in Guildhall, presented to the Corporation of London by Alderman Boydell / Pub. Sept. 1, 1798, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside And at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall.
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: 18
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: 10
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, top left corner: 17
Verso: (Partially erased) Inscribed in graphite, bottom right: [10/6]
Verso: (Partially erased) Inscribed in ink, bottom right, within plate: [8] or [S]
Recto, printed in black ink below image, right: Engraved by Benj. Smith
Recto, printed in black ink below image, center: THE MOST NOBLE CHARLES MARQUIS CORNWALLIS, &c, &c,
Recto, printed "in black ink" (cursive) below image, center: Master General of the Ordnance/Lieut. General & General Governor of his Majesty’s Kingdom of Ireland / From the Original Picture in Guildhall, presented to the Corporation of London by Alderman Boydell / Pub. Sept. 1, 1798, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside And at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall.
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: 18
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: 10
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, top left corner: 17
Verso: (Partially erased) Inscribed in graphite, bottom right: [10/6]
Verso: (Partially erased) Inscribed in ink, bottom right, within plate: [8] or [S]
Watermark: none noted
Catalogue raisonnéNone for this impression.
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