Youth Playing Bagpipes - YCBA Collections Search

Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, Youth Playing Bagpipes, undated

Creator:

Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Published by Robert Sayer, 1725–1794
Published by John Ryall, active 1755–1762
Published by Robert Withy, active 1750–1765
after Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760

Title:

Youth Playing Bagpipes

Former Title(s):

Boy Playing a Musette (Boy with Bagpipes, Joueur de Cornemuse)

Part Of:

Collective Title: Rural Life

Date:

undated

Materials & Techniques:

Mezzotint on medium, moderately thick, cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 12 13/16 × 8 7/8 inches (32.6 × 22.6 cm), Image: 11 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (28.9 x 22.5 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "e\"; lower center: "405. 3. II. | 264"

Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Ph. Mercier, Pinxt."; lower center: "Rural Life. | London Printed for Robt,, Sayer, Jno,, Ryall & Robt,, Withy in Fleet Street."; lower right: "J. Faber fecit."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1970.3.877

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

Access:

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22568

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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. 178, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

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