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Ariadne

William Doughty and Sir Joshua Reynolds

Ariadne

1778

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Ariadne

1778

Physical Qualities Mezzotint, Sheet: 386 × 284 mm. (15 3/16 × 11 3/16 in.) Plate: 382 × 279 mm. (15 1/16 × 11 in.) Image: 379 × 279 mm. (14 15/16 × 11 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Winifred M. Gordon, Baltimore, in Memory of her Husband, Douglas Huntly Gordon
Object Number 1992.227
Douglas Gordon Collection.

Inscribed: FACE: in plate, below image, l., 'Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds'; r., 'Engraved by Willm Doughty'; c., 'Ariadne/London Publishd Decr Dec 7th 1779 by Wm Doughty no 31 Charlotte Street Portland Chapel'; l.l.c., 'No 5'. VERSO: (graphite), l.l., '41576'.

Markings: watermark in face

Artist

William Doughty

1756–1781

English, 1757-1782
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Artist

Sir Joshua Reynolds

1722–1791

English, 1723-1792
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