Venus (after Sir Joshua Reynolds)
Joseph Collyer (London 1748 – London 1827)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
9 Oct 1786
Materials
Paper
Measurements
375 x 295 mm
Place of origin
The Strand
Collection
Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 979916
Summary
Print, mezzotint, Venus (after Sir Joshua Reynolds) by Joseph Collyer (London 1748 – London 1827). Venus lying on a cushion in a landscape wearing a bracelet on her arm. Cupid appears through the bushes to her left.
Marks and inscriptions
London published 9 Octr 1786 by W Dickinson, New Bond Street, W Darting, Newport Street, H Cary, Strand and J Collyer No 7 White Lion Road, Islington
Makers and roles
Joseph Collyer (London 1748 – London 1827), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist W. Darting, engraver and publisher William Dickinson (c.1746/7 - 1823), engraver and publisher Joseph Collyer (London 1748 – London 1827), engraver and publisher H. Cary, engraver and publisher