Experiment with an Air Pump
Valentine Green, English, 1739 - 1813, after Joseph Wright of Derby, English, 1734 - 1797
1769
Mezzotint on laid paper
Image: 17 11/16 × 23 1/8 in. (45 × 58.8 cm)
Sheet: 19 3/8 × 23 7/16 in. (49.2 × 59.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through gifts from the Lathrop Fellows
2008.10
Printer
John Boydell, London, England
Geography/Culture
Europe, Great Britain
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
Signed and dated, in plate, lower right margin: Val. Green fecit, Londint, 1769; inscribed, in plate, lower left margin: Jos. Wright Pinxit 1768.; inscribed, in plate, lower center margin: J. Boydell, execudit.
Course History
HUM 1.05/HUM 1.06/HUM 1.07, Dialogues with the Classics, Klaus Mladek, Michelle Clarke, Andrea Tarnowski, Fall 2019
HUM 1.02/HUM 1.03/HUM 1.04, Dialogues with the Classics, Carolyn Dever, Paul Carranza, Antonia Gomez, Fall 2019
HUM 1, Dialogue with the Classics, Andrea Tarnowski, Spring 2019
ENGL 22, Rise of the Novel, Alysia Garrison, Spring 2019
ENGL 22, The Rise of the Novel, Alysia Garrison, Spring 2015
ARTH 17.2, FILM 50, When Media Were New, Katie Hornstein, Spring 2014
ITAL 2, Introductory Italian II, Scott Millspaugh, Winter 2014
ITAL 2, Introductory Italian II, Jonathan Mullins, Winter 2014
WRIT 5, Poor Taste, William Boyer, Winter 2014
ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Joy Kenseth, Mary Coffey, Winter 2014
ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Joy Kenseth, Mary Coffey, Winter 2014
ITAL 2, Introductory Italian II, Scott Milspaugh, Fall 2013
ITAL 3, Introductory Italian III, Scott Milspaugh, Spring 2013
FREN 3, Intermediate French, Yasser Elhariry, Winter 2013
FREN 3, Intermediate French, Annabelle Cone, Winter 2013
FREN 3, Intermediate French, Annabelle Cone, Winter 2013
ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Joy Kenseth, Marlene Heck, Winter 2012
Exhibition History
The Artful Disposition of Shades: The Great Age of English Mezzotints, Owen Robertson Cheatham and Friends Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 19 through March 14, 2010.
Publication History
T.Barton Thurber, The Artful Disposition of Shades: The Great Age of English Mezzotints, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, Capital Offset Company Inc., 2010, ill, p. 10, fig. 9, checklist p. 21.
John R. Stomberg, The Hood Now: Art and Inquiry at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2019, p. 102, ill. plate no. 33.
Provenance
Susan Schulman Printseller, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2008.
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