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Print, He Would be a Soldier

This is a Print. It was print maker: Thomas Nugent and after Martin Archer Shee. It is dated 1801 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is stipple engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

47.5 × 36.5 cm (18 11/16 × 14 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed below, lower left: Painted by M.A. Shee, R.A.; lower center: London Publish'd by T. Nugent, Sept. 1st, 1801; below: [title]; lower right: Engraved by T. Nugent

Cite this object as

Print, He Would be a Soldier; Print Maker: Thomas Nugent (English, active 1785 - 1801); After Martin Archer Shee (Irish, 1769 - 1850); England; stipple engraving on paper; 47.5 × 36.5 cm (18 11/16 × 14 3/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-26

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