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Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, The Scytheman's Refreshment, undated
- Title:
The Scytheman's Refreshment
- Additional Title(s):
Youth with a Tankard and a Scythe
- Part Of:
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 3/16 x 10 1/4 inches (36.1 x 26.1 cm), Plate: 12 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (32.7 x 22.6 cm), Image: 11 5/16 x 8 7/8 inches (28.8 x 22.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower center: "No 2"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
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 Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11955
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bale | boy | breeches (trousers) | coat | drinking | figure study | food | genre subject | hay | labor | laborer | scythe | tankard
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31739
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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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