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John Sartain

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2013.109
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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John Sartain was an English-born American artist who pioneered mezzotint engraving in the United States.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (10)

Martial Law

1872 · Hand-colored engraving and etching in black, with selective glazing, on ivory wove paper

Sight: 62 × 81 cm (24 7/16 × 31 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mary Queen of Scots, on the evening preceding her execution (from "The American Eclectic Museum," volume 48, frontispiece)

1859 · Mezzotint and etching on steel

Sheet: 8 7/16 × 5 1/2 in. (21.5 × 13.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

County Election

1854 · Engraving hand-colored with watercolor on cream chine laid down on cream wove plate paper

Image: 55.6 × 76.2 cm (21 15/16 × 30 in.); Sheet: 70.8 × 93.8 cm (27 7/8 × 36 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The County Election

1854 · Hand-colored engraving and etching, with selective glazing, on ivory wove paper

Sight: 65.5 × 81 cm (25 13/16 × 31 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mary, Queen of Scots parting with her friends (from "The American Eclectic Museum," volume 15, plate 2)

1848 · Mezzotint and etching

Sheet: 6 3/4 × 10 3/8 in. (17.2 × 26.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The County Election

1847 · Engraving; India proof before final letters

21-1/2 x 26-1/2 in. (54.6 x 67.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

David Paul Brown

1839 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

John Rodgers D.D.

1828 · Engraving and mezzotint on paper

Image: 10.8 × 8.8 cm (4 5/16 × 3 1/2 in.); Sheet: 21.5 × 13.5 cm (8 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Aaron Burr

1828 · Etching and aquatint on paper

Image: 10.9 × 8.6 cm (4 5/16 × 3 7/16 in.); Sheet: 18.2 × 12.2 cm (7 3/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

George Read

1828 · Lithograph on paper

Image: 13.2 × 10.1 cm (5 1/4 × 4 in.); Sheet: 29.7 × 22.6 cm (11 3/4 × 8 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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10 published of 10 catalogued · 10 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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The Met
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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David Paul Brown
1839 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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