Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765, Irishafter Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716)
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)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, center: "[...]T"; in graphite, lower center: "#293"
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
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
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. 40, no. 143, pl. 13e, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA)