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Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812, British, Master Henry George Herbert as the 'Infant Bacchus', 1776
- Title:
- Master Henry George Herbert as the 'Infant Bacchus'
- Date:
- 1776
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 22 11/16 × 16 1/4 inches (57.6 × 41.3 cm), Plate: 20 × 14 inches (50.8 × 35.6 cm), Image: 18 5/16 × 13 15/16 inches (46.5 × 35.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "20 3/4 x 14 2/4"; inscribed in graphite, verso, upper left: "Sold by C. Love"
Watermark
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by Sr Joshua Reynolds"; lettered, lower center: "Master Herbert | Bacchus | Publishd 15th Novemr 1776 by J Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London"; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by J R Smith"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.157
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- basket | child | cloth | eyes | god | grapes | leaves | leopards | light | portrait | religious and mythological subject | rock | vines
- Associated People:
- Bacchus
Herbert, Henry George, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon (1772–1833), Colonel of the West Somerset Yeomanry - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22047
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