Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823, British, Lydia, 1776
- Title:
- Lydia
- Date:
- 1776
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (31.8 x 34.9 cm), Plate: 12 x 13 3/16 inches (30.5 x 33.5 cm), Image: 9 5/16 x 11 5/16 inches (23.6 x 28.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in black ink, upper left: "M[...]t | 4-103"; in graphite, upper right : "21 3/4 x 18"; lower left: "544 | 1st pub, state"
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by W. Peters | From an Original Picture in the Collection"; lower center: "LYDIA. | This is the Mould of which I made the Sex; | I gave them but one Tongue to say us nay, | And two kind Eyes to grant. | Dryden | LONDON Publish'd Dec.r.1st.1776 by W. Dickinson, Henrietta Street Covent Garden"; lower right: "Engrav'd by W. Dickinson. | of the Right Hon,,ble Lord Grosvenor"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.601
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bed | blankets | draperies | embroidery | figure study | gaze | hands | illustration | nude | poetry | posing | ribbons | sheets | smiling | turban | woman
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22296
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