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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1870,0514.2876
Title
Object:
Painted window of New College Chapel Oxford
Description
A stained-glass window with the Nativity, and a row of allegorical female figures of the seven virtues below; after Reynolds (Mannings 2106-2121). 1816 Stipple and etching printed in colour
Producer name
After:
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Published by:
John Boydell
School/style
British
Production date
1816
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
stipple
etching
colour
Dimensions
Height:
650 millimetres
Width:
475 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Hamilton lists one print of the whole window by Richard Earlom, which the BM has an impression of that was published by Boydell in 1785 (See 1977,U.681). The present print is wider than Earlom's, so is unlikely to be a re-issue of the same plate. The sheperds to upper left are portraits of Reynolds and Jervais.
Bibliographic references
Hamilton 1884 / A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
nativity
virtues and vices
Associated names
Portrait of:
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of:
Thomas Jervais
Associated places
Associated with:
New College
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
James Rimell & Son
Acquisition date
1870
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1870,0514.2876