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Christ Blessing Little Children

Maker

(artist)
1738-1820

(draughtsman)
1787-1844

(engraver)
1782-1870

(publisher)
1782-1870

Title

Christ Blessing Little Children

Date of Production

1 May 1811

Medium

Copper-plate engraving

Dimensions

Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 20.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3531.6

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

















Notes

Part of a print series by Henry Moses for The Gallery of Pictures Painted by Benjamin West, published between 1811 and 1817.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper right, printed above image: Plate 6.

Maker's mark: Recto: lower left, printed below image: Painted by B. West, P. R. A.

Maker's mark: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: Drawn by H. Corbould.

Maker's mark: Recto: lower right, printed below image: Engraved by H. Moses.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: CHRIST BLESSING LITTLE CHILDREN.

Maker's mark: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: Published May 1. 1811, by H. Moses, 65, Newman Street.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, pencil: c. 1795

Stamp: Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: M

Inscription: Recto: lower right, typed: T. O.

Stamp: Recto: right margin, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY

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