2016.92: The Preservation of Sir Richard MacGwire

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2016.92

People

William Ward I, British (1766 - 1826)
Published by Thomas Milton, British (c. 1743 - 1827 Bristol, England)
Published by John James Barralet, British (1747-1815)

Title

The Preservation of Sir Richard MacGwire

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1787

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/355759

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Mezzotint

Dimensions

plate: 49.3 × 60.4 cm (19 7/16 × 23 3/4 in.)
sheet: 52.6 × 64.3 cm (20 11/16 × 25 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower center, below image, in plate: The Preservation of Sir Richard MacGwire, / who fell into the Sea (by the descent of a Balloon) off the Coast of Ireland, on the 12th. of May 1785 / Published as the act directs, June 4th. 1787, by Thos. Milton No. 40 Great Queen Street Lincolns Inn Fields London, and by J. James Barralet, in Dublin.
• inscription: lower right, below image, in plate: W. Ward, sculpt.
• inscription: lower left, below image, in plate: J. J. Barralet ad vivum delint.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Arthur Ackermann Gallery, London], sold; to [Donald A. Heald Rare Books, Prints & Maps], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of the Rubin-Ladd Foundation

Accession Year

2016

Object Number

2016.92

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Julia Frankau, William Ward, A.R.A., James Ward, R.A., their Lives and Works, Macmillan and Co. (London, 1904), p. 228, cat. no. 191 [reference citation]

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