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The Dead Soldier

The Dead Soldier
Engraver and Publisher:  James Heath
After: Joseph Wright
May 4, 1797
The Dead Soldier
The Dead Soldier
Engraver and Publisher:  James Heath
After: Joseph Wright
May 4, 1797
The Dead Soldier Engraver and Publisher: James Heath After: Joseph Wright May 4, 1797
Status
Not on view
Date1797
Engraver (English, 1757 - 1834)
Publisher (English, 1757 - 1834)
Geography Made - EnglandPublished - England
DimensionsOverall: 18 1/2 in. x 23 13/16 in. (46.99 cm x 60.45 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1936
Object numberM-93/EE-1
DescriptionThis print is an image of a dead solider 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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