Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British, Miss Morris as 'Hope Nursing Love', 1771
- Title:
- Miss Morris as 'Hope Nursing Love'
- Date:
- 1771
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint ( 2nd state ) on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 26 1/2 × 19 1/4 inches (67.3 × 48.9 cm), Plate: 20 1/8 × 14 1/4 inches (51.1 × 36.2 cm), Image: 19 7/8 × 14 1/8 inches (50.5 × 35.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Mrs. Palmer"; lower right: "23"
Lettered below image, lower left: "Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx"; lower center: "Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 25 July 1771, and sold by E. Fisher at the Golden Head in Leicester Square | HOPE NURSING LOVE."; lower right: "E. Fisher Sculp.t"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.208
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arrows | bow | dress | hope | Hope, 'Spes'; 'Speranza divina e certa' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues - MM - Virtues triumphant | love | mountains | nursing, suckling | portrait | religious and mythological subject | ribbon | rock | sitting | trees | wings
- Associated People:
- Cupid
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21698
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