Miss Slamerkin, with her Colt Othello (Primary Title)

James Seymour, English, ca. 1702 - 1752 (Artist)

1752
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Mezzotint on wove paper
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 16 1/16 in. (27.31 × 40.8 cm)
Plate: 9 7/8 × 14 in. (25.08 × 35.56 cm)
Image: 9 9/16 × 13 7/8 in. (24.29 × 35.24 cm)
85.1339.8
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: J. Seymour delin. Printed beneath image lower right: T.Burford fec. 10. Printed beneath image in center: Miss Slamerkin, with her Colt Othello, now the famous Horse Black & all Black, She was likewise ye Dam of Ld. Portmor's Oroonoko. Published according to Act of Parliament 1752. Inscribed in graphite lower left: 10. Inscribed in graphite on verso: 15 / 34 / 2.
Paul Mellon Collection
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