Edmund Burke, Esq.

Date1770

Artist/Maker James Watson

Artist/Maker Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792)

OriginEngland, London

MediumMezzotint with line engraving

DimensionsOH: 15 7/8" x OW: 12 1/4"; Plate: H:14 7/8" x W: 10 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1979-323

DescriptionLower margin reads: "S.r Joshua Reynolds pinxit./ James Watson fecit/ Edmund Burke Esq,,.r./ London: Printed for J. WATSON, in Queen Ann Street, near Titchfield Street, Oxford Road. Publish'd as the Act directs, 20 June 1770."ProvenanceBefore 1979, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1979-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).