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Charles Heath the elder (engraver)
John Masey Wright (draughtsman)
Virginia 1827
etching and engraving on chine collé
11.3 × 7.9 cm (image) 21.3 × 15.0 cm (plate) 44.4 × 30.7 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
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Virginia
1827
illustration for the poem Virginia, published in The Keepsake for 1828
Medium
etching and engraving on chine collé
Measurements
11.3 × 7.9 cm (image) 21.3 × 15.0 cm (plate) 44.4 × 30.7 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Heath (Charles Heath) 1828.1.10
Edition
proof
Printing/Publishing
printed by McQueen & Co., London; published by Robert Jennings, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Drawn by J. M. Wright.
printed in ink l.r.: Engraved by C. Heath. / Printed by M.c (c in superscript above . ) Queen.
printed in ink l.c.: London, Oct 1827, Published for the Proprietor by R. Jennings, 2, Poultry.
Accession Number
2592-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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