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Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, The Scytheman's Refreshment, between 1748 and 1756
- Title:
The Scytheman's Refreshment
- Former Title(s):
Youth with a Tankard and a Scythe
- Additional Title(s):
The Scythe-man's Refreshment
- Part Of:
- Date:
- between 1748 and 1756
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 15/16 × 9 inches (32.9 × 22.8 cm), Image: 11 7/16 × 8 7/8 inches (29 × 22.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "270"; lower right: "S420"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Ph. Mercier pinxt."; lower center: "The Scythe-man's Refreshment. | London, Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street."; lower right: "J. Faber fecit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.885
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bale | boy | breeches (trousers) | coat | drinking | figure study | food | genre subject | hay | labor | laborer | man | scythe | tankard
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22576
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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. 46, no. 183, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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