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The Pit Door/ La Porte du Parterre

After Robert Dighton the Elder  (British, London ca. 1752–1814 London)

Publisher:
Carington Bowles I (British, 1724–1793)
Date:
November 9, 1784
Medium:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
plate: 13 15/16 x 9 15/16 in. (35.4 x 25.3 cm) sheet: 16 7/16 x 10 3/4 in. (41.7 x 27.3 cm)
Classification:
Prints
Credit Line:
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1969
Accession Number:
69.584.10
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: in plate lower left: "Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles"; lower right: "No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London"; lower left: "542"

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    British Museum Satires VI.6769

  • References

    Nadine Orenstein, Constance C. McPhee Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Haven and London, 2011, cat. no. 102, 136, ill.



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