The First of September, Evening (Primary Title)

George Morland, English, 1763 - 1804 (Artist)

1794
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored mezzotint on wove paper
Sheet (Trimmed within platemark): 19 1/4 × 24 in. (48.9 × 60.96 cm)
Image: 18 × 23 5/8 in. (45.72 × 60.01 cm)
Mount: 20 1/2 × 25 7/8 in. (52.07 × 65.72 cm)
Mat: 28 × 34 1/2 in. (71.12 × 87.63 cm)
85.1428.2
Not on view
Stamped on verso of mount: PAUL MELLON COLLECTION
Printed beneath image, lower left: "G. Morland pinxt."; lower right: "W. Ward sculp"; in center: "London Publish'd May 1794 by T. Simpson. St Pauls Church Yard. W. Ward. Delancey Place. Hampstead Road and at No. 41 Frith Street Soho/ The First of September/ EVENING."
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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