A young woman with folded hands giving thanks to heaven, an older woman points to a crowd carrying a young man wrapped in a blanket. Engraving by W. Sedgwick after E. Penny, 1780.

  • Penny, Edward, 1714-1791.
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1780
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20004i
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A young woman with folded hands giving thanks to heaven, an older woman points to a crowd carrying a young man wrapped in a blanket. Engraving by W. Sedgwick after E. Penny, 1780. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1780

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1 print : stipple engraving with etching ; image 30.3 x 25.1 cm

Lettering

Returning animation. E. Penny pinxit. Wm. Sedgwick sculpsit.

Notes

Companion print: see Wellcome Library catalogue no. 20002i, "Apparent dissolution"

Reference

Wellcome Collection 20004i

Reproduction note

In reverse after the painting by Penny exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1780, later offered for sale at Christie's, London, 16 July 1998, lot 60

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