Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
after Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716)
Title:: The Housewife's Employment
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/16 x 9 3/16 inches (33.2 x 23.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "2/-"; inscribed on verso, lower left: "W. E."; lower center: "405. 6 T | 266"; lower right: "2/"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1970.3.875
Classification:: Prints
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: genre subject | curls | churn | butter | labor | woman | apron | domestic | dress | peasant | bonnet | cap | rural | working
Currently On View:: Not on view
Publications:: 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. 180, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22566