About the Artwork
Dolbadeen Tower in Wales and Principles of Light and Shade
1816
Frederick Christian Lewis (Artist) English, 1779-1856 John Varley (Artist) English, 1778-1842 John Varley (Publisher) English, 1778-1842
Aquatint printed in brown ink on wove paper
Image (each): 6 1/8 × 9 1/4 inches (15.6 × 23.5 cm) Sheet: 16 × 11 inches (40.6 × 27.9 cm)
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Gift of C. Edmund Delbos
47.342
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Inscribed, in plate, below the upper image, lower center: DOLBADERN TOWER, | IN WALES. | No 1. Plate 1. Inscribed, below the lower image, lower left: J. Varley Fecit. Inscribed, lower center: London, Published as the Act directs, Feby. 20, 1816, by J. Varley, No. 44, Conduit Street Bond Street. | No. 2. Plate 1. Inscribed, lower right: F. C. Lewis Sculp. Inscribed, center bottom edge of sheet: PRINCIPLES OF | LIGHT AND SHADE. Inscribed, in pencil, on verso, lower right: 47.342.a
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1947-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Frederick Christian Lewis; after John Varley, Dolbadeen Tower in Wales and Principles of Light and Shade, 1816, aquatint printed in brown ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of C. Edmund Delbos, 47.342.
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