Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Edward Calvert, 1799–1883, British
Title:
The Chamber Idyll
Date:
1831
Materials & Techniques:
Wood-engraving on thin, smooth, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 1/8 x 3 7/16 inches (5.4 x 8.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "ECalvert .F. 10"; lower right: "The Chamber Idyll"; on back, center right, written vertically downwards: "9" (encircled); on back, lower center: "The Chamber Idyll"; on back, lower right: "MH"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10890
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
hill | trees | landscape | corn | basket | nudes | food | apples | evening | stars | beams (structural elements) | woman | book | fruit | casement windows | pillow | sickle | shepherd's crook | man | pot | genre subject | wheat | bed | blankets (coverings) | bedroom | ox | sheep | night | architectural subject | cow | tools | interior (space) | dark | bull
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, v.1: p. 202, no. 388b, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29316