The Signing of the Death Warrant of Lady Jane Grey

1848

Charles Burt, Artist Daniel Huntington, Artist J. Dalton, Printer American Art Union, Publisher

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About the Artwork

Title The Signing of the Death Warrant of Lady Jane Grey

Artwork Date 1848

Makers Charles Burt (Artist) American, 1822-1894 Daniel Huntington (Artist) American, 1816-1906 J. Dalton (Printer) American (Publisher) American Art Union

Medium Engraving and etching printed in black on wove paper

Dimensions image: 17 x 21 5/8 in. 43.1 x 54.9 cm sheet: 21 x 24 3/4 in. 53.3 x 62.8 cm

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. F72.283.142

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Inscriptions In plate, lower left: PAINTED BY DANIEL HUNTINGTON.; lower right: ENGRAVED BY CHARLES BURT.; center bottom margin: THE SIGNING OF THE DEATH WARRANT / OF LADY JANE GREY. / From the Original painting distributed by the American Art Union in 1848 / Published exclusively for the Members of that Year / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by the American Art Union in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District court for the Southern District of New York.; lower right: PRINTED BY J. DALTON.

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Kennedy Gallery and Edith Cole Silberstein

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Charles Burt; after Daniel Huntington, The Signing of the Death Warrant of Lady Jane Grey, 1848, Engraving and etching printed in black on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund, F72.283.142.

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