An Hermit (A Philosopher by Lamp Light)
William Pether, English, 1731 - 1821
after Joseph Wright of Derby, English, 1734 - 1797
1770
Mezzotint on paper
Plate: 22 13/16 × 18 in. (57.9 × 45.7 cm)
Image: 22 1/8 × 17 15/16 in. (56.2 × 45.5 cm)
Sheet: 22 13/16 × 18 3/16 in. (58 × 46.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund
2013.35
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, bottom margin, left: IOSH. WRIGHT PINXT.; inscribed, in plate, bottom margin, right: W. PETHER FECIT.; inscribed, bottom margin, center: Published May 14th [th is superscript] 1770 & sold by Wm [m is superscript] Pether in Gt. [t is superscript] Russel St. Bloomsby [y is superscript]. Inscribed, on reverse, lower right: in purple ink: 2234. Stamped, on reverse, lower left, in black ink [collector's mark L.1606]KUPFERSTICH.SAMMLUNG DER KONIGL:MUSEEN; collector's mark is overstamped in gray ink. [text in rectangle] [illeg.]
Course History
WRIT 5, Poor Taste, William Boyer, Winter 2014
ENGL 22, The Rise of the Novel, Alysia Garrison, Spring 2015
ARTH 41.03, European Art 1750 - 1850, Allan Doyle, Summer 2019
HUM 1, Dialogue with the Classics, Andrea Tarnowski, Spring 2019
HUM 1.02/HUM 1.03/HUM 1.04, Dialogues with the Classics, Carolyn Dever, Paul Carranza, Antonia Gomez, Fall 2019
HUM 1.05/HUM 1.06/HUM 1.07, Dialogues with the Classics, Klaus Mladek, Michelle Clarke, Andrea Tarnowski, Fall 2019
ENGL 23.01, Romantic Literature: Aesthetics and Ideology from the French Revolution to ,, Winter 2021
ENGL 2.01, Literary History II, Michael Chaney, Winter 2021
SART 27.01, Printmaking I, Tricia Treacy, Fall 2022
Provenance
The Old Print Shop, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2013.
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