The Dead Soldier
Date1797
Engraver
James Heath
(English, 1757 - 1834)
Publisher
James Heath
(English, 1757 - 1834)
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; line engraving, etching
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 21 1/4 in. x 26 3/4 in. (53.98 cm x 67.95 cm)
Credit LinePurchased by the A. Alfred Taubman Acquisition Endowment Fund, 1997
Object numberPrint-5227/RP-823
DescriptionThis print is an image of a dead solider in a tent next to a weeping woman with a child at her breast.Published ReferencesTimothy Clayton "The Engravings and Publication of Prints of Joseph Wright's Paintings" in: Joseph Wright of Derby, Exhibition Catalogue, Tate Gallery, London (1990): 254.
Roy Morris, "Engravings after Joseph Wright", Print Collector's Quarterly vol. 19, (1932): 110-14.
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the bottom left corner of the image: "Painted by J. Wright".
Printed in ink below the bottom right corner of the image: "Engraved by J. Heath, Historical Engraver to the King and A.R.A."
Printed in ink below the image: "From the Original Picture in the Posession of John Leigh Philips Esqr. / The Dead Soldier / To the Most Noble the Marquis of Landsdowne this plate is most respectfully Dedicated by his Lordship's much obliged and most obedient servant / John Heath / Published May 4 1797, by James Heath, No. 42, Newman Street, London".
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1797
1797
1800-1805
