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Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798, British, Cupid in the Character of a Link Boy, 1777
- Title:
Cupid in the Character of a Link Boy
- Former Title(s):
Cupid as a Link Boy
- Date:
- 1777
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 inches (38 × 27.9 cm), Image: 13 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches (33.7 x 27.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "L-B"; upper right: "B L/e"; lower center: "104 | 227"
Collector's mark: Royal Library, Windsor Castle (Lugt 2535)
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt."; lower center: "Cupid, in the Character of a Link Boy."; lower right: "John Dean fecit"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.291
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boy | chimneys (architectural elements) | cityscape | coat | couple | fire | god | linkboy | night | peasant | portrait | religious and mythological subject | smoke | street | torch (lighting device) | wings
- Associated People:
- Cupid
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21783
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