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Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, The Dairymaid's Occupation, undated
- Title:
The Dairymaid's Occupation
- Additional Title(s):
A Girl with a Basket of Pats of Butter
- Part Of:
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches (33.4 x 23.2 cm), Plate: 12 13/16 x 8 7/8 inches (32.6 x 22.5 cm), Image: 11 5/16 x 8 13/16 inches (28.7 x 22.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "S. 407 2 II | 267"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Ph. Mercier Pinxt."; lower center: "Rural Life."; lower right: "J. Faber fecit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.874
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- basket | bonnet | butter | cloth | dairymaid | domestic | genre subject | gown | mob cap | peasant | rural | woman
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22565
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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. 41, no. 146, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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