THE ART OF DRESSING FISH

Date1773

Engraver Johann Elias Haid

After work by Johann Kasper Heilmann

OriginEurope, Germany, Augsburg

MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving

DimensionsOH: 19 3/4" x OW: 16"; Plate H: 19 1/4" x W: 15"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1950-749

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "THE ART OF DRESSING FISH/ Johann Caspar Heilmann pinxit./ Johann Elias Haid sculpsit Aug. Vind: 1773./ Most humbly dedicated to the Honorable Society of Arts,/ Manufactures and Commerce by your/ most obedient Servant/ IOH. ELIAS HAID."ProvenanceBefore 1950, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1950-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).