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Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798, British, Cupid in the Character of a Link Boy, 1777
- Title:
- Cupid in the Character of a Link Boy
- Former Title(s):
- Cupid as a Link Boy
- Date:
- 1777
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 11/16 x 12 1/4 inches (42.4 x 31.1 cm), Plate: 15 7/16 x 11 inches (39.2 x 28 cm), Image: 13 7/16 x 11 inches (34.2 x 28 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "900-"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper right: "20415"; lower left: "15393"; lower left: "Thane"; lower right: "Paw"
Collector's mark: Thomas Thane (Lugt 2420)
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Sr. Ioshua Reynolds Pinxit"; lower right: "Iohn Dean Fecit"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.289
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boy | chimneys (architectural elements) | cityscape | coat | couple | fire | god | linkboy | night | peasant | portrait | religious and mythological subject | smoke | street | torch (lighting device) | wings
- Associated People:
- Cupid
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21781
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