Winter [graphic]
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10713130
Description
- Title
- Winter [graphic]
- Contributor
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Mercier, Philip, 1689?-1760, artist.
Parker, Henry, 1725-1809, publisher. - Published / Created
- publish'd according to act of Parliament October 1st 1762.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for Henry Parker, opposite Birchin Lane in Cornhill
- Abstract
-
An old man in a fur hat and a fur-trimmed coat sits in front of a fireplace. In the foreground, his daughter kneels in front of fire using bellows to keep it going. In the background, his young son offers his father a bowl of steeming broth
- Description
-
Title from caption etched below image.
Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Four lines of verse below image: In life's last scene the hoary man of years, emblem of Winter, wrapt in furr appears ... - Provenance
- Suckling; June 1956;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 35.5 x 25.3 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 762.10.01.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Mezzotints England London 1762
Genre prints - Material
- mezzotint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Children
Domestic life
Families
Fathers
Older people - Subjects
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Children
Domestic life
Families
Fathers
Older people
England > London > 1762
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8516233
- Object ID (OID)
- 10713130