The Pope Examining a Censer

David Wilkie English, 1785-1841
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About the Artwork

The Pope Examining a Censer

1824

David Wilkie

1785-1841

English

Unknown

Etching printed in black ink on chine collé

Image: 7 × 5 1/2 inches (17.8 × 14 cm) Plate: 9 × 7 1/8 inches (22.9 × 18.1 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1256

This work is in the public domain.

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Signed, in plate, lower left: [artist's monogram]

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

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F.J.F. Bradley. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Hamerton, P.G. Etchings & Etchers. London, 1868, p. 222.

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David Wilkie, The Pope Examining a Censer, 1824, etching printed in black ink on chine collé. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1256.

The Pope Examining a Censer
The Pope Examining a Censer