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The Reverend Mr William Welseteed
William Welsteed
The Reverend Mr William Welseteed
John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)
1753
Medium/Technique
Mezzotint
Dimensions
Platemark: 35.3 x 25 cm (13 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Frederick Lewis Gay
Accession Number19.3671
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Stauffer 440
Signed
In plate, lower left: J. S. Copley pinxt. et fecit.
InscriptionsIn plate, below imgae: The Reverend Mr William Welsteed / of Boston in New England AEt. 58 1753
In plate, lower left: J. S. Copley pinxt. et fecit.
In plate, lower right: Printed for and sold by Step[he].n Whiting at ye Rose & Crown in Union Street Boston
In plate, lower left: J. S. Copley pinxt. et fecit.
In plate, lower right: Printed for and sold by Step[he].n Whiting at ye Rose & Crown in Union Street Boston
Provenance1919, gift of Mrs. Frederick Lewis Gay, Brookline, MA to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 21, 2016)