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William Sharp

William Sharp

Artist

WA-00044712

Printmaking

Representation

None documented

1

Institutional Exhibitions

12

Works in Collection

30

Assets Indexed

1

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ110218905

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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PM Competition: The Artist as Reporter

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1940

Field Verification (1 fields)

1 cross-verified · 0 single-source

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Source Registry (1)

Smithsonianhttps://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=4395
Tier 1 · Institutional95%

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Portrait Gallery

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Artworks (12)

Mission Boys on the Bowery

1945 · etching and aquatint

Sheet: 37.5 x 29.8 cm (14 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.); Image: 27.6 x 29.8 cm (10 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Other Woman

1930 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Lament of the Irish Immigrant

The Lament of the Irish Immigrant

1840 · Lithotint on paper

26 × 20.3 cm (10 1/4 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of the Honorable John Hyde

1814 · Etching and engraving on laid paper

Plate: 52 × 39.4 cm (20 1/2 × 15 9/16 in.); Sheet: 54 × 40.5 cm (21 5/16 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trade Card for William Sharp, Engraver

Trade Card for William Sharp, Engraver

1800 · Engraving

Sheet: 3 9/16 × 5 1/8 in. (9 × 13 cm) Plate: 3 1/8 × 4 5/8 in. (8 × 11.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mary, Queen of Scots escaping Lochleven Castle (from "The History of England")

Mary, Queen of Scots escaping Lochleven Castle (from "The History of England")

1795 · Etching and engraving

Sheet: 14 in. × 9 7/16 in. (35.5 × 24 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

"Off, off, you lendings–Come unbutton here" (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 3, Scene 4)

"Off, off, you lendings–Come unbutton here" (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 3, Scene 4)

1793 · Etching and engraving

image: 17 3/8 x 23 5/16 in. (44.2 x 59.2 cm) sheet: 19 1/4 x 24 7/16 in. (48.9 x 62.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1790 · Engraving on laid paper

Plate: 53 × 39.9 cm (20 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.); Sheet: 64.1 × 49 cm (25 1/4 × 19 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relief from the Frieze of the Temple of Victory Apteros

Relief from the Frieze of the Temple of Victory Apteros

1787 · Engraving

Plate: 3 15/16 × 20 3/8 in. (10 × 51.8 cm) Sheet: 6 5/8 × 20 11/16 in. (16.8 × 52.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The doctors of the church consulting books and documents and contemplating the Virgin who is shown above in heaven, flanked by angels, after Reni

The doctors of the church consulting books and documents and contemplating the Virgin who is shown above in heaven, flanked by angels, after Reni

1785 · Engraving

Image: 23 in. × 15 1/2 in. (58.4 × 39.3 cm) Sheet (Trimmed): 25 5/16 × 16 7/8 in. (64.3 × 42.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

King Lear

1783 · Etching and engraving

Image: 6 3/16 × 5 1/4 in. (15.7 × 13.4 cm) Sheet (trimmed to plate): 8 1/8 × 6 5/16 in. (20.7 × 16 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Trade Card for William Sharp, Engraver

Trade Card for William Sharp, Engraver

1700 · Engraving

Sheet: 4 3/16 × 5 7/8 in. (10.6 × 15 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

12 published of 23 catalogued · 19 with image

The Met
7 published7 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 publishedof 8 catalogued6 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
+ 1 more source · 6 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Mission Boys on the Bowery
1945 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Other Woman
1930 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artwork: Drawbridge at Enhewizen, Holland

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Artsy artwork: Man Reading Newspaper (1941)

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Artsy artwork: The Cafeteria (1945)

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Artsy artwork: Industrial Landscape

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Artsy artwork: Untitled

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Artsy artist portrait

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Trade Card for William Sharp, Engraver (Met Museum)

Met Museum

Relationships

3

Collections3

Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Portrait Gallery

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Portrait Gallery

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition PM Competition: The Artist as Reporter

New York · 1940