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Print, Mourning Figure

This is a Print. It was print maker: John Keyse Sherwin. It is dated 1784 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is stipple engraving in brick red ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

44.7 × 34.6 cm (17 5/8 × 13 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed below: J.K. Sherwin fecit, Engraver to His Majesty, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales; below: [adedication to the Reverand Dr. Wynne and sixteen lines of Prior's poem, "Garland"]

Cite this object as

Print, Mourning Figure; Print Maker: John Keyse Sherwin (English, 1751 - 1790); England; stipple engraving in brick red ink on paper; 44.7 × 34.6 cm (17 5/8 × 13 5/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-27

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