Print made by Cornelis Apostool, 1762–1844, Dutchafter Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848, BritishPublished by Samuel Ireland, active 1760–died 1800, British
Title:
Here Nature List'ning Stood
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 5 15/16 inches (22.8 × 15.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, within image, upper right: "Warwickshire Avon."; lower left: "Burney delt."; lower center: "Here NATURE list'ning stood, whilst Shakespear play'd | And wonder'd at the Work herself had made! | London Pub. for Saml. Ireland Feby. 1st. 1795."; lower right: "C. Apostool sculpt. | Churchill."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.1.98
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
trees | steeple | nets | swan | beard | personification | moustache | fish | drapery | man | comedy | tragedy | scroll (information artifact) | costume | women | riverbanks | church | shore (landform) | literary theme | frontispiece (illustration) | nudes | masks | breeches | curtain | doublet | togas | river | lyre
Associated Places:
England | Warwickshire | Avon | Europe | United Kingdom