Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, Britishand / or Mary Smirke, 1779–1853, British
Title:
Untitled: Two Medieval Crests
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Image: 5 1/2 x 7in. (14 x 17.8cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Manuscript inscription: below image, at center, in graphite "This Plate is very imperfect - Wider advises that | 40 or 50 Impressions be printed off before the one in | Brown be taken -- the dappled effect of the Ground in both the accompanying impressions is | owing to the Printer -- the paper of the [illegible] | was not soaked enough"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection