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The Widow of an Indian Chief Watching the Arms of Her Deceased Husband

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Item

Date:

1789.

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2838052

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

The Widow of an Indian Chief Watching the Arms of Her Deceased Husband
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Date(s):

1789.

Bilingual equivalent:

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Place:

London (England):

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Publisher:

John Raphael Smith,

Extent:

1 print / estampe : Mezzotint on wove paper
Support 56.300 x 75.100 m
Platemark 45.000 x 55.300 m

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For a detailed discussion of this print, see Timothy Clayton, A Catagoue of the Engraved Works of Joseph Wright of Derby and Judith Egerton, Wright of Derby, Tate Gallery, London, 1990. These sources should be consulted to help determine which state this print is. The painting after which this print is done is in the Derby Art Gallery., P1428
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Artist: Wright, Joseph 1734-1797

Engraver: Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: inscribed in the plate, l.l.: Painted by J. Wright; l.c. The Widow of an Indian Chief, watching the Arms of her deceas'd Husband. / London. Pubd. Jany. 29. 1789 by J.R. Smith, N. 31 King Street, Covr. Garden.; l.r.: Engraved by J.R. Smith, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highn's the Prince of Wales / & his Serene Highn's the Duke of Orleans.; in pen and ink, u.r.: [illegible word] 38 / [illegible words] 333; stamped on the verso, l.r.: [an inscription in Russian? cyrillics] / 3PM / 1928 [in an oval]
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Indian

allegory

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Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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03639
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
No restriction on access or on use for publication or reproduction.

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 3639

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-3639 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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