Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in BritainPublished by Robert Sayer, 1725–1794, Britishafter Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716)
Title:
A Scene in "The Recruiting Officer"
Date:
ca. 1739
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 3/16 inches (24.7 x 33.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, center right: "Plate missing none left"; inscribed on verso in graphite, center left: "272"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.883
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
men | poultry | theater (discipline) | pushing | sex | officers | basket | staff | genre subject | woman | hats | gown | reaching | drinking glasses | coats | jug | table | play | The Recruiting Officer, 1706
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. 61, no. 260, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA)