Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by John Young, 1755–1825, British

after Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760)

Published by John Young, 1755–1825, British
Title:
The Flower Girl
Date:
1785
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/8 x 12 1/2 inches (42.9 x 31.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "56"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "14320"; lower center: "259"; lower right: "M 4164 | [ . . . ]"; in pen and brown ink, upper left: "[ . . . ] 5-5263"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.701
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
genre subject | vendor | basket | portrait | girl | street vendor | hat | cape | flowers (plants) | dress
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
John Chaloner Smith, British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century : arranged according to the engravers, the inscriptions given at full length, and the variations of state precisely set forth : acc , Martino Pub., Mansfield Centre, CT, 2004, v. 4, p. 1646, Young no. 79, NE1816.G7 S58 2004

Mary Webster, Johan Zoffany, 1733-1810, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1976, p. 70, no. 90, NJ18 Z68 W43 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22398