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Print made by Samuel Okey, active 1765–1780, British, Old Man Reading a Ballad, 1787
- Title:
- Old Man Reading a Ballad
- Date:
- 1787
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint (first state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 inches (35.9 × 25.4 cm), Image: 12 1/8 × 9 13/16 inches (30.8 × 24.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "H T | of | 272"; inscribed in graphite, verso, upper left: "21 3/4 x 18"
Watermark
Lettered, lower left: "J Reynolds pin"; lettered, lower right: "S Okey feci"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.308
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21800
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