Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Edward Calvert, 1799–1883, British
Title:
Ideal Pastoral Life
Date:
1829
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 13/16 x 5 9/16 inches (12.3 x 14.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "[?Lithograph] [?from]"; inscribed in graphite, upper center: "The original engravings | on Stone - Brixton - 1829" ("Stone" underlined); inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Ideal Pastoral Life"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "or, Ideal Pastoral Love."; inscribed in graphite, lower center to lower right: "F.4 One of the | 5 | original prints from Calvert family" ("5" inserted above the line of text); inscribed in graphite, center right on back, written vertically downwards: "8" (encircled); inscribed in graphite, lower right: "MH"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10893
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
leaves | nudes | landscape | vines | animal art | sheep | genre subject | woman | robe | pastoral | man | staff | fence | wicker | light | moon | Ideal, the | cape | roof | cowbell | hill | cloak | sun | path | thatch | trees | stick | clouds
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, v.1: p. 202, no. 388c, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29319