The deserted village [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The deserted village [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
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Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Wilkinson, Robert, -approximately 1825, publisher. - Published / Created
- [4 June 1784]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. June 4th, 1784, by R. Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill, London
- Abstract
-
"In the foreground a father and daughter leaving the village, as she says her farewell to her lover, with other families preparing to emigrate in the background; an oval composition."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state of the same composition
- Description
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Title etched below large oval-shaped image.
Printmaker from statement of responsibility on variant state in the British Museum.
Variant state, lacking dedication and statement of responsibility and with the publication line in a different location. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.1349.
Smaller image engraved below title, with a column of verse etched on either side: Good Heaven! what sorrows gloom'd that parting day, that call'd them from their native walks away ...
Companion print to: "The village train."
Mounted on leaf 9 of volume 12 of 12. - Provenance
- From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 42.9 x 51 cm, on sheet 45.7 x 55 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Genre prints
Stipple engravings England London 1784 - Material
- stipple engraving with etching ; and laid paper red ink.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > London > 1784
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
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
- 12530186
- Object ID (OID)
- 11861437
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