Print made by Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766, Irish, Rural Life, undated
- Title:
- Rural Life
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 7/8 × 5 7/8 inches (22.5 × 14.9 cm), Plate: 6 × 4 1/2 inches (15.2 × 11.4 cm), Image: 5 3/8 × 4 7/16 inches (13.7 × 11.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "230B"
Lettered, lower left: "P.Mercier pinxt."; lettered, lower right: "C Corbutt fecit"; lettered, lower center: "RURAL LIFE. Plate II. | Printed for Robt. Sayer, at No.53 in Fleet Street.
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1104
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- figure study | genre subject | spinner
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22948
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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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