Artist
Alexander RuncimanScottish, 1736–1785
CultureScottish
Titles
- Fingal Encounters Carbon Carglass
Datec. 1774
MediumEtching on cream wove paper, state I/I
DimensionsPlate (no visible platemark): 6 1/4 × 9 11/16 in. (15.9 × 24.6 cm)
Sheet: 6 3/8 x 9 15/16 in. (16.2 x 25.2 cm)
Frame (outer): 15 11/16 x 19 11/16 in. (39.8 x 50 cm)
Sheet: 6 3/8 x 9 15/16 in. (16.2 x 25.2 cm)
Frame (outer): 15 11/16 x 19 11/16 in. (39.8 x 50 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Marjorie G. Horning
Object number2013.591
Not on view
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Exhibition History"Vignettes: Masterworks on Paper 1520 to 1870," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14—April 16, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, on mat below sheet:"ALEXANDER RUNCIMAN Edinburgh 1736 - 1785 Edinburgh / Perseus and Andromeda, the large plate. / Etching; c. 1774.
Signed in pencil, probably by / Runciman himself - the hand appears to be the same as that on one / of Runciman drawings at the British Museum. / Printing (??) the very faint second signature still visible at lower left, to / the left of the visible monogram. This faint signature disappears in later / impressions, eg the 1826 impressions for "Two Hundred Etchings" * / Printed on Whatman wove paper consistent with a date of the 1770s."
Inscribed in pencil, lower right corner of mat: " * those 1826 impressions were printed on extremely fine / laid paper and always trimmed within the platemark / and usually to the image on three sides. / The impression here shows the blank space around / the image / On verso, in ink, "104" $9500-"
Signed in pencil, probably by / Runciman himself - the hand appears to be the same as that on one / of Runciman drawings at the British Museum. / Printing (??) the very faint second signature still visible at lower left, to / the left of the visible monogram. This faint signature disappears in later / impressions, eg the 1826 impressions for "Two Hundred Etchings" * / Printed on Whatman wove paper consistent with a date of the 1770s."
Inscribed in pencil, lower right corner of mat: " * those 1826 impressions were printed on extremely fine / laid paper and always trimmed within the platemark / and usually to the image on three sides. / The impression here shows the blank space around / the image / On verso, in ink, "104" $9500-"
Recto: Inscribed, in plate: AR fecit
Watermark: [none]
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