Hint to Modern Sculptors, as an Ornament to a Future Square ---
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 9in. (34.3 x 22.9cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper center: "Hint to Modern Sculptors, as an Ornament to a future Square."; lower center: "PETER URBIUM Subscribi Statuis. | Pubd. May 3d. 1796. by H. Humphrey New Bond Street"; lettered below image, lower center: "Evgrav'd by Js. As. | 'I saw him with his Beaver on | His Cuisses on his Thighs gallantly arm'ed | And vaulted with such ease into his seat | As if an Angel, dropt down from the Clouds, | To turn & wind a fiery Pegasus | And witch the world with noble Horsemanship' - H. Henry 4th"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection