Innocent the Tenth
Valentine Green, English, 1739 - 1813
after George Farington, English, 1752 - 1788
after Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez, Spanish, 1599 - 1660
1774
Mezzotint on wove paper
Frame: 13 × 11 in. (33 × 27.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Helena Mein Wade in memory of her husband, Alfred Byers Wade
PR.950.21.20
Publisher
John Boydell, London, England
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Velasco Pinxit. / G. Farington delin.; center: J. Boydell excud.t 1774; lower right: Val. Green fecit; lower edge: published Oct.r 1st, 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Provenance
Alfred Byers Wade (1874-1949) Collection; to his wife, Helena Mein Wade (1878-1966), New Canaan, Connecticut, 1949; given to present collection, 1950.
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