Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, A Girl Spinning Thread, undated
- Title:
- A Girl Spinning Thread
- Part Of:
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 1/16 x 9 3/16 inches (33.1 x 23.3 cm), Plate: 12 15/16 x 8 15/16 inches (32.9 x 22.7 cm), Image: 11 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (28.9 x 22.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "265"; lower right: "2/"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Ph. Mercier."; lower center: "Rural Life."; lower right: "J. Faber fecit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.876
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- curls | distaff | genre subject | girl | gown | hat | rural | spinning | thread | trees
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22567
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John Ingamells, A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings of Philip Mercier, Volume of the Walpole Society, vol. 46, Walpole Society, 1976-8, p. 46, no. 181, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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