Prints
Henry George Herbert as "The Infant Bacchus"
- Date
- 1776
- Accession number
- 97.18.83
- Engraver
- engraved by John Raphael Smith(Opens in new tab) (British, 1752–1812)
- After
- after Joshua Reynolds(Opens in new tab) (British, 1723–1792)
- Sitter
- Sitter: Henry George Herbert(Opens in new tab) (British, 1772–1833)
- Publisher
- J. Boydell, Cheapside(Opens in new tab) (British)
- Dimensions
- 17 11/16 x 14 7/8 in. (44.9 x 37.8 cm.) platemark: 20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm.) sheet: 20 1/4 x 14 5/8 in. (51.4 x 37.1 cm.)
- Medium
- mezzotint
- Description
- Whole length with his hands on a basket of grapes two leopards by his side and Thyrsus on the ground. Afterwards, 2nd Earl of Cavnavron. In 1796 married Elizabeth Nolly, daughter of Colonel Dyke Aceland of Paston, Somerset. Plate not cleaned. Marked on verso at lower left in green ink: BD [Lugt 352a, unidentified, possibly a Marquis of Bute mark] BSAR at center in graphite: Herbert (Bacchus) BSAR at lower right in graphite: R81/ 292/ State I/ 41 Inscribed on recto at lower left in etched letters: Painted by S Joshua Reynolds Inscribed on recto at lower center in etched letters, scraped away: Master Herbert Inscribed on recto at lower center in etched letters: Bacchus [open letters]/ Publishd 15th Novemb 1776 by J Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London Inscribed on recto at lower right in etched letters: Engraved by J R Smith Hamilton 37 After a 1775-76 painting (Mannings 893) I/III
- Credit
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Frances Crandall Dyke Bequest
- Department
- European Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
