St. Caecilia [graphic]

Description

Title: St. Caecilia [graphic]
Alternative Title: Saint Caecilia
St. Cecilia
Mrs. Sheridan
Creator: Watson, Thomas, 1743-1781, printmaker
Contributor: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, artist.
Watson & Dickinson, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 July 1779]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published July 20th, 1779, for Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
Abstract: "Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1614); as St Cecilia, whole-length, seated to left on a stool playing the organ within an oval; two children singing behind; to left, cloud with rays of light."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description: Title from text below image.
State from Goodwin and Hamilton.
First state, before title altered; for a later state with the title "Mrs. Sheridan", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1830,0714.52.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 36 (leaf numbered '94' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Provenance: Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 37.8 x 31 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 1].
Language: English