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Widow of an Indian Chief Watching the Arms of Her Deceased Husband
1789
John Raphael Smith (Artist) English, 1752-1812 Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist) English, 1734-1797
Mezzotint printed in brown ink on laid paper
Plate: 17 1/2 × 21 3/4 inches (44.5 × 55.2 cm) Sheet: 19 1/4 × 23 1/4 inches (48.9 × 59.1 cm)
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Founders Society Purchase, Lee and Tina Hills Graphic Arts Fund
2000.53
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, lower left: Painted by J. Wright Inscribed, lower center: The Widow of an Indian Chief watching the Arms of her deceas'd Husband | London Pub'd Inn 29, 1789 by T.R. Smith N31 King Street Covt Garden Inscribed, lower right: Engraved by TR Smith Mezzotinta Engraver to his Royal Highn the Prince of Wales | & his Serene Highn the Duke of Orleans
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2000-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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John Raphael Smith; after Joseph Wright of Derby, Widow of an Indian Chief Watching the Arms of Her Deceased Husband, 1789, mezzotint printed in brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Lee and Tina Hills Graphic Arts Fund, 2000.53.
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