US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0003171
Davison Art Center 1996.24.1
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
To the Genius of Franklin (Au Génie de Franklin)
Inscribed below image: “Eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tirannis” [“He seized the lightning from the sky and the sceptre from the tyrants.”]
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1996.24.1
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
Second of two states, with full inscription
plate dimensions: 516 x 384 mm (20.3 x 15.1 in.).
creation
Created by Marguerite Gérard (French, 1761-1837)
500025509
Marguerite Gérard
Gérard, Marguerite
French
1761
1837
female
Created by
After Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806)
500115329
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré
French
1732
1806
male
After
1778
1779
1779
Etching printed in brown ink on heavyweight white laid paper. Watermark: Three-line proprietary
Marguerite Gérard after Jean-Honoré Fragonard
provenance
acquisition
Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1996
allegory
American Studies
government
Wildenstein cat. no. 27, as by Fragonard; Carlson and Ittmann, Regency to Empire, cat. no. 78, pp. 232–233; Rena M. Hoisington and Perrin Stein, “Sous les yeux de Fragonard: The Prints of Marguerite Gérard,” Print Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2 (June 2012), pp. 142–162, reproduction of Metropolitan Museum of Art impression as fig. 131, p. 154; Baudicour (on Gérard) does not record this print; Mary D. Sheriff, “‘Au Génie de Franklin’: An Allegory by J.-H. Fragonard,” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 127, no. 3 (1983), pp. 180–193; Pierre Rosenberg, “Franklin and Fragonard,” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 150, no. 4 (2006), pp. 575–590.
No known copyright restrictions
ORID0003171
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Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
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Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj6003
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2022-03-16
DAC_1996-24-1_001_249.jpg
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DAC_1996-24-1_001_OA.tif
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US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0003641
Davison Art Center 1978.1.2
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
Henry Laurens, Esqr., President of the American Congress, 1778
Signed in plate below image, lower right: “Engraved by V. Green…”
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1978.1.2
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
First state
Published October 1, 1782 by J. Stockdale Bookseller, No. 187 opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly, London
plate dimensions: 640 x 402 mm (25.2 x 15.8 in.). Sheet dimensions: 668 x 444 mm (26.3 x 17.5 in.).
creation
Created by Valentine Green (British (English), 1739-1813)
500021991
Valentine Green
Green, Valentine
British (English)
1739
1813
male
Created by
After John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815)
500009177
John Singleton Copley
Copley, John Singleton
American
1738
1815
male
After
1782
1782
1782
Mezzotint on laid paper
Valentine Green after John Singleton Copley
provenance
acquisition
Gift of Therese Kuhn Straus in memory of her husband, Herbert N. Straus, 1978
American Studies
government
male portraits
portraits
Russell 80 (p. 126).
No known copyright restrictions
ORID0003641
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
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CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj6614
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=6614
2022-03-30
DAC_1978-1-2_001_249.jpg
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DAC_1978-1-2_001_OA.tif
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US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0003643
Davison Art Center 1978.1.5
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
General Washington
Signed in plate below image, lower right: “V. Green fecit…”
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1978.1.5
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
Second state
Published by V. Green, No. 2 New Road... and L. F. Abbott, No. 12 Caroline Street, Bedford Square, London, April 30th 1800
plate dimensions: 531 x 355 mm (20.9 x 14 in.). Sheet dimensions: 550 x 378 mm (21.7 x 14.9 in.).
creation
Created by Valentine Green (British (English), 1739-1813)
500021991
Valentine Green
Green, Valentine
British (English)
1739
1813
male
Created by
After Peale (American)
Peale
Peale
American
After
1785
1785
1785
Mezzotint on laid paper
Valentine Green after Peale
provenance
acquisition
Gift of Therese Kuhn Straus in memory of her husband, Herbert N. Straus, 1978
American Studies
government
Russell 134a (vol. 2, p. 133).
No known copyright restrictions
ORID0003643
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Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
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CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
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http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj6616
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2022-03-30
DAC_1978-1-5_001_249.jpg
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US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0004155
Davison Art Center 1943.D1.105.12
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
The Industrious ’Prentice Lord Mayor of London
Industry and Idleness
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1943.D1.105.12
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
Third of three states
Dated October 1747; probably a later lifetime impression.
plate dimensions: 269 x 403 mm (10.6 x 15.9 in.).
creation
Created by William Hogarth (British (English), 1697-1764)
500004242
William Hogarth
Hogarth, William
British (English)
1697
1764
male
Created by
1747
1747
1747
Etching and engraving on laid paper
William Hogarth
provenance
acquisition
Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1943
allegory
apprentices
England
government
labor
London
politicians
politics
series (groups)
vices
virtues
Paulson 179.
No known copyright restrictions
ORID0004155
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj7099
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=7099
2022-03-30
DAC_1943-D1-105-12_001_249.jpg
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DAC_1943-D1-105-12_001_OA.tif
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US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0008209
Davison Art Center 1995.7.1
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
George Washington
Inscribed in plate below image, lower center: “E. Savage pinx. et sculp.”
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1995.7.1
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
plate dimensions: 458 x 354 mm (18 x 13.9 in.). Sheet dimensions: 520 x 393 mm (20.5 x 15.5 in.).
creation
Created by Edward Savage (American, 1761-1817)
500026684
Edward Savage
Savage, Edward
American
1761
1817
male
Created by
1793
1793
1793
Mezzotint and engraving on laid paper. Watermark: According to dealer, watermark is “1794”
Edward Savage
provenance
acquisition
Samuel L. Silipo (BA Wesleyan 1985) Memorial Fund, 1995
American Studies
government
male portraits
maps
portraits
E. McS. Fowble, Two Centuries of Prints… (Winterthur), no. 201; Wendy Shadwell, 150 Years of American Printmaking, p. 45, no. 82; [and per dealer invoice, to confirm: Baker 118, Hart 228, Middendorf 82, Staufer 2752].
No known copyright restrictions
ORID0008209
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Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj12440
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=12440
2022-03-31
DAC_1995-7-1_001_249.jpg
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DAC_1995-7-1_001_OA.tif
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US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0008487
Davison Art Center 1998.17.1
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
John Lord Viscount Mountstuart
Inscribed, lower right: “Engraved by J.R. Smith.”; lower center: “Publish’d 30th May 1774 by J.R. Smith No. 4 Exeter Court Strand”; lower left: “Painted by Liotard”; below: “The Right Hon.ble John Lord Viscount Mountstuart / Lord Lieutn.t & Custas Rotulorum of the County of Glamorgan”
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1998.17.1
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
First of two states
Published 30 May 1774 by Smith; the only other known impression of this print is in the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, England.
plate dimensions: 460 x 340 mm (18.1 x 13.4 in.). Sheet dimensions: 520 x 390 mm (20.5 x 15.4 in.).
creation
Created by John Raphael Smith (British (English), 1751-1812)
500116497
John Raphael Smith
Smith, John Raphael
British (English)
1751
1812
male
Created by
1774
1774
1774
Mezzotint on heavyweight laid paper
John Raphael Smith
provenance
acquisition
Friends of the Davison Art Center funds in honor of Ellen G. D’Oench (BA Wesleyan 1973, Trustee 1977–1979, DAC Curator 1979–1998), 1998
government
male portraits
noblemen
nobles (aristocrats)
portraits
D’Oench 38; Chaloner Smith 118; Frankau 252; Russell 118.
No known copyright restrictions
ORID0008487
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj12947
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=12947
2022-03-30
DAC_1998-17-1_001_249.jpg
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Media/249s/1998/DAC_1998-17-1_001_249.jpg
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DAC_1998-17-1_001_OA.tif
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US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0009156
Davison Art Center 1960.10.3
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
Portrait of Warren Hastings, Esq., Governor General of Bengal
Signed in plate, lower right: “Engraved by Thomas Watson”
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1960.10.3
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
Second of three states
Published March 20, 1777
plate dimensions: 456 x 332 mm (18 x 13.1 in.).
creation
Created by Thomas Watson (British (English), 1748-1781)
500044391
Thomas Watson
Watson, Thomas
British (English)
1748
1781
male
Created by
After Joshua Reynolds (British (English), 1723-1792)
500004539
Joshua Reynolds
Reynolds, Joshua
British (English)
1723
1792
male
After
1777
1777
1777
Mezzotint printed in brown-black ink on laid paper
Thomas Watson after Joshua Reynolds
provenance
acquisition
Purchase funds, 1960
government
male portraits
portraits
Chaloner Smith 19 (1558); Russell 19 ii/iii.
No known copyright restrictions
ORID0009156
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj14413
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=14413
2022-03-30
DAC_1960-10-3_001_249.jpg
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Media/249s/1960/DAC_1960-10-3_001_249.jpg
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US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0009376
Davison Art Center 1949.D3.12
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
Portrait of Abel-François Poisson, Marquis de Vadiéres, later Marquis de Marigny
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1949.D3.12
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
Second of three states
Wille engraved this as his reception piece for the 1761 Academy Salon
plate dimensions: 493 x 344 mm (19.4 x 13.5 in.).
creation
Created by Johann Georg Wille (German, 1715-1808)
500019339
Johann Georg Wille
Wille, Johann Georg
German
1715
1808
male
Created by
After Louis Tocqué (French, 1696-1772)
500002111
Louis Tocqué
Tocqué, Louis
French
1696
1772
male
After
1761
1761
1761
Engraving on laid paper
Johann Georg Wille after Louis Tocqué
provenance
acquisition
Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1949
government
male portraits
nobles (aristocrats)
portraits
Portalis and Beraldi 69 ii/iii (vol. 3, p. 707); Le Blanc 125 ii; Firmin-Didot 2442 iii (vol. 2, p. 491); Courboin 530 (vol. 2, p. 37).
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ORID0009376
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Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj14732
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=14732
2022-03-16
DAC_1949-D3-12_001_249.jpg
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