Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British, Virgin and Child, 1776
- Title:
- Virgin and Child
- Date:
- 1776
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches (44.1 x 31.7 cm), Plate: 15 3/8 x 11 1/8 inches (39 x 28.3 cm), Image: 13 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches (35.3 x 28.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "#127"; lower right: "nog(?)"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Guercino pinxt,,"; lower center: "From a Capital PICTURE of GUERCINO in the Collection of | the Right Honourable HENRY Lord Aylmer. | Publish'd as the Act directs 15 Jan. 1776 by R. Sayer & J. Bennett No. 53, Fleet Street."; lower right: "Rd. Earlom fecit. | No. 65."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1304
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bird | book | boy | child | Christ-child holding something in his hand, e.g. apple, bird, cherries, crucifix, grapes, paper wind-mill ~ Madonna-representations | Christianity | cloak | coat of arms | crest | finch | heraldic motif | Madonna: Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in her lap (or in front of her bosom) (Mary sometimes represented half-length) | Mary teaches the Christ-child to read | mother | nude | reading | religious and mythological subject | son | teaching | veil | woman
- Associated People:
- The Virgin Mary
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23153
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