Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Title:
Visiting Card of Sir Joshua Reynolds
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 17 1/16 × 12 1/8 inches (43.3 × 30.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso of mount in graphite: "This is called by the family (Sir Joshua's collateral descendants) his book plate. I have | never seen a book with this in it!"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles