Engraved by Butler Clowes, active 1768, died 1782, Britishafter John Collet, ca. 1725–1780, British
Title:
A Rescue or the Tars Triumphant
Date:
1768
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 x 20 1/2in. (44.5 x 52.1cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Engraved, in plate: "Published as the Act Directs June 12, 1768/ B Clowes fecit/ A Rescue or the Tars Triumphant,/ From an Original Picture Painted by Mr John Collet/ London, Printed for Jno Smith No. 35 Cheapside, & Robt Sayer, Map & Printseller No. 53 Fleet Street."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.200
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Three Centuries of Comic Art-Eighteenth Century Satire: John Collet (Museum of Art and Archaelogy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998-06-06 - 1998-08-23)