Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Christian Friedrich Duttenhoffer, 1778–1846, German
after Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Title:: Solitude
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 22 3/4 inches (46 x 57.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Lettered lower left: "Painted by Richard Wilfon, R.A."; lower center: "SOLITUDE. | To her Royal Highnefs CHARLOTTE AUGU=STA MATHILDA, Princefs Royal of Great | Briton reigning Duchefs of Wurtemberg, this Plate is Dedicated. By her most humble Servant, Ch Duttenhofer."; lower left: "Vienna, Office of Arts and Industry 1802."; lower right: "Engraved by Ch.Duttenhofer 1802."
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1977.14.14570
Classification:: Prints
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: sculptures | monks | crosses | groves | ruins | pedestals | plants | churches | lions | ponds | trees | rocks (landforms)
Currently On View:: Not on view
Publications:: James Taylor, Picturing the Pacific: Joseph Banks and the Shipboard Artists of Cook and Flinders, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, p. 170, N8258 .T39 2018 (LC) (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40396