Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by George Cuitt, 1779–1854, British
Title:
Presented by the Officers
Date:
after 1813
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with gray chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 3/4 x 12 13/16 inches (47.6 x 32.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower center: "INSCRIPTION on the reverse SIDE of the VASE. | Presented | By the Officers Noncommissioned Officersand Privates of the | EARL of CHESTER'S LEGION to their COLONEL Sir John Fleming Leicester Bart. | In Tesimony of their Great Regard | And | As a just Tribute to his Active and unceasing Zeal and Attention | towards them on all Occasions | October 22d 1813."; lower left: "Drawn and Etched by G. Cuitt. | 1814"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.11334
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sphinxes | flowers (plants) | crest | vessel | still life | vase | crosses (motifs) | feathers | insignia | sculpture | festoons | statue | garlands | monument
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Peter Boughton, George Cuitt (1799-1854) - 'England's Piranesi', University of Chester Press, Chester, 2022, pp. 195-199, no. 70, NJ18.C9248 B68 2022 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30703