Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765, Irish, Boy Spinning Top, 1756
- Title:
- Boy Spinning Top
- Date:
- 1756
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 1/8 × 9 inches (33.3 × 22.9 cm), Image: 11 3/8 × 8 7/8 inches (28.9 × 22.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, center: "[...]T"; in graphite, lower center: "#293"
Lettered below image: "P. Mercier Pinxt. | J. McArdell fecit. | Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. 1756, & Sold at the Golden head in Covent Garden."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1067
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- genre subject | toy
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22757
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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. 40, no. 143, pl. 13e, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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