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A Bacchante

After Sir Joshua Reynolds British
Sitter Emma Hart British
1900–1923
Not on view
This is a modern reproduction of a print originally published in 1781.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Bacchante
  • Artist: John Raphael Smith (British, baptized Derby 1751–1812 Doncaster)
  • Artist: After Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London)
  • Sitter: Emma Hart (British, Ness, Cheshire bap. 1765–1815 Calais)
  • Date: 1900–1923
  • Medium: Facsimile of a colored mezzotint
  • Dimensions: Plate: 13 9/16 × 10 1/16 in. (34.4 × 25.5 cm)
    Sheet: 16 1/8 × 12 5/16 in. (41 × 31.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints-Facsimiles
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, Transferred from the Library, 1923
  • Object Number: 23.60.17
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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