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Print made by unknown artist, eighteenth century, Plundering the Tower, 1777
- Title:
- Plundering the Tower
- Date:
- 1777
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 5/8 × 14 3/4 inches (27 × 37.5 cm), Plate: 10 × 13 7/8 inches (25.4 × 35.2 cm), Image: 9 1/2 × 13 7/8 inches (24.1 × 35.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "very rare"; in pen and brown ink, center right: "Not my Plate - none left"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper right: "#175"
Lettered below image, lower center: "Plundering the Tower. | London. Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers, No.53 in Fleet Street; as the Act directs. Augt. 14, 1777."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.761
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22458
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