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Portrait of Master Sayer Fishing (Primary Title)

After, Johann Zoffany, German, active in England, 1733 - 1810 (Artist)

1772
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Mezzotint on laid paper with a watermark
European Art
Sheet (Trimmed inside platemark): 19 15/16 × 14 1/16 in. (50.64 × 35.72 cm)
Image: 18 3/16 × 14 in. (46.2 × 35.56 cm)
Other (matted): 24 × 20 in. (60.96 × 50.8 cm)
85.1370
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: J Zoffany Pinxt,, 1770. Printed beneath image lower right: Richd,, Houston fecit 1772". Printed at lower edge in center: Published as the Act directs 25 March 1772 by R,Sayer No. 53 Fleet Street. Inscribed in graphite on mount, lower center: James Sayer fishing / (son of Robert Sayer, publisher).
Paul Mellon Collection
Game On: Sports in Ancient and Modern Art, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, July 9 - October 9, 2016

Catching Sight: The World of British Sporting Print, VMFA, August 31, 2013 - July 13, 2014
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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