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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.
- Penny, Edward, 1714-1791.
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- 1780
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Credit: 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.
Credit: Wellcome Collection.
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Publication/Creation
1780
Physical description
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 Library no. 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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- English
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