- Creator:
- Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, Britishafter Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788, BritishPublished by John Boydell, 1720–1804, British
- Title:
- A Shepherd Boy
- Date:
- 1781
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid in mount
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 11/16 x 11 15/16 inches (42.4 x 30.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "21 3/4 x 18"; lower left: "339 (circled)"; lower right: "R. Earlom | Shepherd Boy"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.377
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- hills | gazing | child | shepherd's crook | shepherd | vines | boy | trees | landscape | cloak | genre subject | resting | barefoot | dog (animal)
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Exhibition History:
- Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21873