Attention—L’Attention

John Raphael Smith1791

Details

Title: Attention—L’Attention
Creator: Robert Mitchell Meadows after John Raphael Smith
Date Created: 1791
Subject Keywords: literature (writings), satire
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed: “Painted by J.R. Smith / When Loves the theme what eye can close; / The Minutes steal the Lightnings wings; / Adieu at once to dull repose. / For who can Sleep when Ovid sings. / P.P. [Peter Pindar]; 1802 by R. Ackermann”
Set or Series Title: Inattention and Attention
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. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1997
Materials & Techniques: Stipple engraving printed in brown ink on off-white laid paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Published 28 November 1791 by Smith, King Street, Covent Garden
Dimensions: died before 1812
Bibliography: Smith cat. 254; Ackermann 1802, 9; this print and its companion (1997.16.5), with Pindar’s “whimsical verses,” were discussed in the Monthly Magazine 14 (1 August 1802): 59
Associated People: Created by Robert Mitchell Meadows (British (Welsh), died before 1812), After John Raphael Smith (British (English), 1751-1812)
Accession Number: 1997.16.6

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