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Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813, British, Peter the Wild Boy, between 1765 and 1771
- Title:
Peter the Wild Boy
- Date:
- between 1765 and 1771
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 1/16 × 14 3/16 inches (50.9 × 36 cm), Image: 17 1/4 × 14 inches (43.8 × 35.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark: Paul Mellon
Lettered in black ink, within image, lower right, on bowl: "Peter Wild | Boy."; lower left: "P. Falconet pinxt."; lower right: "Val. Green Sculpt."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11480
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- beard | bowl | coat | intellectual disability | man | portrait | woods
- Associated People:
- Peter the Wild Boy (ca. 1712–1785)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31053
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