Preparing Moses for the Fair
Maker
After
(artist)
1806-1870
After
(artist)
1806-1870
(printmaker)
1812-1892
(publisher)
1791-1857
(publisher)
1787-1852
(publisher)
(printer)
(publisher)
(artist)
1806-1870
After
(artist)
1806-1870
(printmaker)
1812-1892
(publisher)
1791-1857
(publisher)
1787-1852
(publisher)
(printer)
(publisher)
Title
Preparing Moses for the Fair
Date of Production
1841
Medium
printed in black
etching and engraving
etching and engraving
Dimensions
Height: 31.6 cm
Width: 46.5 cm
Width: 46.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.7725
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
Plate from 'Finden's Gallery of British Art'. Illustration to Oliver Goldsmith's 'The Vicar of Wakefield'.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: printed : lower centre in plate & recto : : PREPARING MOSES FOR THE FAIR. / A SCENE FROM THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. / Engraved from the original Picture in the Collection of / John Clow Esq.r of Liverpool, / To whom this Plate is respectfully dedicated by his obliged Serv.ts E. & W. Finden. / LONDON, PUBLISHED JULY 1841, BY THE PROPRIETORS, No. 18 & 19, SOUTHAMPTON PLACE EUSTON SQUARE, SOLD ALSO BY F. G. MOON, THREADNEEDLE STREET & ACKERMANN & CO. STRAND. //
Inscription: printed : lower right in plate & recto : : ENGRAVED BY L. STOCKS. //
Inscription: printed : lower left in plate & recto : : PAINTED BY D. MACLISE, R.A. / Printed by R. Lloyd. //
Inscription: pencil : lower right & recto : : Pre 1841. //
Inscription: pencil : lower right & verso : : File: paintings more than 4 figs. //
Stamp: stamped : lower right & recto : : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: typed : right & verso : later Witt inscription : : D. MACLISE / Preparing Moses for the Fair / (Vicar of Wakefield) / J. Clow Coll. / Liverpool / Royal Gall. Brit. Art //
Inscription: printed : lower right in plate & recto : : ENGRAVED BY L. STOCKS. //
Inscription: printed : lower left in plate & recto : : PAINTED BY D. MACLISE, R.A. / Printed by R. Lloyd. //
Inscription: pencil : lower right & recto : : Pre 1841. //
Inscription: pencil : lower right & verso : : File: paintings more than 4 figs. //
Stamp: stamped : lower right & recto : : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: typed : right & verso : later Witt inscription : : D. MACLISE / Preparing Moses for the Fair / (Vicar of Wakefield) / J. Clow Coll. / Liverpool / Royal Gall. Brit. Art //
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