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A Farrier's Shop in the Ruins of an Abbey

A Farrier's Shop in the Ruins of an Abbey

(English, 1731–about 1795)
(English, 1734–1797)
1771
Medium/TechniqueMezzotint
DimensionsImage: 50.5 x 35.2 cm (19 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 56.2 x 40.6 cm (22 1/8 x 16 in.)
Credit LineArthur and Charlotte Vershbow Fund
Accession number2002.615
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate lower left: Jos. Wright. Pinx. In plate lower center: Publishd. Dec. 1. 1771. In plate lower right: W. Pether. Fecit.
ProvenanceCabinet Brentano-Birckenstock, founded 1765 by Johannn-Melchior Birckenstock (b. 1738 - d. 1809; Lugt 345), Vienna and Frankfurt; by descent to Antonia Birckenstock (d. 1869), Frankfurt, and her husband, Franz Brentano; May 16, 1870, posthumous Birckenstock sale, Prestel, Frankfurt, lot 825 to Colnaghi, London. Otto Schäfer, Schweinfurt; sold by Schäfer to Frederick Mulder (dealer), London; 2002, sold by Mulder to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 18, 2002)