George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792, British
Title:
West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Temperance
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 1/16 × 18 1/16 inches (63.7 × 45.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by Sr. Joshua Reynolds | Drawn by Josiah Boydell"; lettered, lower center: "TEMPERANCE. | To the Rev'd John Oglander D.D. the Warden & to the Society of New College in Oxford | This Plate is Dedicated by their Obliged humble Servant John Boydell | Publish'd June 1st, 1782 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside, London"; letterd, lower right: "Engraved by G.S. & J.G. Facius"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10346
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
allegory | temperance | clouds | ewer | cup | scarf | woman | the Three Theological Virtues | religious and mythological subject | portrait