Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1745–ca.1809, British, The Pretty Ballad Singer, 1769
- Title:
The Pretty Ballad Singer
- Date:
- 1769
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid in mount
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (42.6 x 29.2 cm), Plate: 13 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (35.2 x 25.1 cm), and Image: 12 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (32 x 25.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "S, 29 b | c"; lower center: "(16)"; lower right: "355"
unidentified collector's stamp, in blue ink, on back, lower left: three small flowers in a triangular formation
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Hen. Morland pinxt,, | 7"; lower center: "Published as the Act directs. [date torn off surface of paper] | The pretty Ballad Singer. | Printed for CARINGTON BOWLES, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, LONDON."; lower right: "Phil. Dawe fecit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.857
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- ballad | bonnet (hat) | chiaroscuro | dark | genre subject | holding | lantern (lighting device) | light | modesty | music | pattern (design element) | shadow | shawl | sheet music | singer | singing | woman
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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