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Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1745–ca.1809, British, Constantia, 1780
- Title:
- Constantia
- Date:
- 1780
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.2 cm), Plate: 9 15/16 x 7 5/8 inches (25.3 x 19.3 cm), Image: 8 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches (22.2 x 19.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper center: "326"; lower right: "290"; in black ink, upper left: "N[...]t | S-G117"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Painted & Engrav'd by P. Dawe."; lower center: "CONSTANTIA. | Oh! Theodosius! __ my Guide! __ my Friend __ my Instructor! alas __ no more __ | London. Publish'd as the Act directs Feb. 1. 1780. by R. Wilkinson No. 58. Cornhill."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.853
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bow (costume accessory) | cross (object) | crying | curls | historical subject | jewelry | love | love letter | mourner | mourning | necklace | oval | portrait | reading | sadness | Theodosius and Constantia, poem by Addison, Joseph (1672–1719), writer and politician | veil | weeping | woman
- Associated People:
- Constantia
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22544
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