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Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British, A Shepherd Boy, 1781
- Title:
A Shepherd Boy
- Date:
- 1781
- Medium:
- Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid in mount
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 11/16 x 11 15/16 inches (42.4 x 30.4 cm), Plate: 15 15/16 x 11 1/16 inches (40.5 x 28.1 cm), Image: 14 3/16 x 11 1/16 inches (36.1 x 28.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "21 3/4 x 18"; lower left: "339 (circled)"; lower right: "R. Earlom | Shepherd Boy"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Gainsborough pinxt | J Boydell Excudit, Publish'd Octbr, 1st 1781"; lower right: "Rd Earlom Sculpt"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.377
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- barefoot | boy | child | cloak | dog (animal) | gazing | genre subject | hills | landscape | resting | shepherd | shepherd's crook | trees | vines
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21873
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Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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