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: 18 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (47 x 32.4 cm), Plate: 15 7/16 x 10 15/16 inches (39.2 x 27.8 cm), Image: 13 7/16 x 10 15/16 inches (34.1 x 27.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Cupid in the Character of a Link Boy."; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "21 3/4 x 18"; lower right: "254 (encircled)"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Sr Ioshua Reynolds Pinxit"; lower center: "LONDON Printed for R SAYER & J BENNETT Map & Printsellers No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs August 1, 1777."; lower right: "Iohn Dean Fecit"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.290
- 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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