Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British

after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792, British
Title:
Laurence Sterne, A.M.
Date:
1760
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 inches (37.9 × 27.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Born", lower center: "Died 1768"; inscribed in graphite, on back, upper right: "24"; lower left: "6"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.12886
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
gaze | smiling | posing | gesturing | sitting | leg | curls | vicar | author | poet | portrait | papers | sleeves | cloak | mantle | robe | wig | desk | drapery | garter | quills | Sterne, Laurence (1713–1768), writer and Church of England clergyman
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38560