William Wynne Ryland, 1732–1783, Britishafter John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British
Title:
King John Ratifying the Magna Charta
Date:
ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, engraver's proof
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 5/16 x 23 5/8in. (46.5 x 60cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Engraved inscriptions: below image at left, "J. Mortimer Print"; below image at center, "The Ratifying Magna Charta by King John"; and below image at center, "Pubd Jany 1.1781"; below image at right, "W.W. Ryland Sculp."; on back of print, the following handwritten inscription is taped onto the lower left corner, "Left unfinished in [?]te on the death of Ryland and afterwards finished by F. Bartolozzi."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2002.16.1
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24)The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09)The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)