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Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, A Scene in the Recruiting Officer, undated

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Creator:

Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
after Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760

Title:

A Scene in the Recruiting Officer

Date:

undated

Medium:

Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 13 5/8 × 19 5/8 inches (34.6 × 49.8 cm), Plate: 11 × 12 7/8 inches (27.9 × 32.7 cm), Image: 9 3/4 × 12 3/4 inches (24.8 × 32.4 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "clive"; lower center: "Kitty Clive"; inscribed on verso, center left: "A/"

Lettered below image, lower left: "Ph. Mercier inn et pinx.t"; center: "A Scene in the Recruiting Officer. | Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, 1739"; lower right: "I.Faber fecit"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1970.3.1305

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Access:

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23154

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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. 61, no. 260, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

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