Details
| Artist | David Wilkie, English, 1785-1841 |
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| Date | 1824 |
| Medium | etching printed in black ink on chine collé |
| Dimensions | Image: 7 × 5 1/2 inches (17.8 × 14 cm) Plate: 9 × 7 1/8 inches (22.9 × 18.1 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps |
| Accession Number | 09.1S1256 |
| Department | Prints, Drawings & Photographs |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Signed | Signed, in plate, lower left: [artist's monogram] |
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| Inscriptions | Inscribed, in plate, following monogram, lower left: .1824. Inscribed, in pencil, lower edge of sheet: The Pope examining a Canter | Dr D. W. Wilkie | This is one of the finest etchings ever produced Inscribed, in black ink and pencil on a strip of the same paper, taped over the preceeding inscription: No 1256 "The Pope examining a censer" - Sir D. Wilkie "This is one of the finest etchings ever produced in England". Hamerton p. 274. [the 274 is crossed-out and above it is written] I. 222 |
Provenance
F.J.F. Bradley.
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Hamerton, P.G. Etchings & Etchers. London, 1868, p. 222.
