Asylum for the Reception of Female Orphans

George Quinton after Thomas Spence Duche1797

Details

Title: Asylum for the Reception of Female Orphans
Creator: George Quinton after Thomas Spence Duche
Date Created: 1797
Subject Keywords: allegory, children (people by age group), death, oval images, philanthropy
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate, lower right: “Engrav’d by G. Quinton”
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Weedon Endowment funds, 1996
Materials & Techniques: Stipple engraving printed in brown ink with hand coloring on laid paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Published 24 June 1797 by G. Quinton; sold by W. Stevenson, Norwich. This print and its pendant, DAC 1996.22.2, were intended to benefit a charitable institution.
Bibliography: See object file
Associated People: Created by George Quinton (British (English), born 1779 - ), After Thomas Spence Duche (American, 1763-1790)
Accession Number: 1996.22.1

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