Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches (7.3 x 9.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "Engraved on stone"; inscribed in graphite, lower left to lower right: "The Flood. | E. Calvert. F. 3. One of the 5 impressions belonging to Calvert fam[...] | The Flood" ("fam" is most probably "family", but it is cut off at the edge of the sheet); inscribed in graphite, center right on back, written vertically downwards: "<reproduced from the> | original engraving on | Stone - 1829." ("original" underlined); inscribed in graphite, center on back, written vertically downwards: "4" (encircled); inscribed in graphite, center left on back, written vertically downwards: "The Flood."; inscribed in graphite, lower left on back, written vertically downwards: "M.H."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10892
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
herdsman | trunks | water | trees | robe | woman | man | river | animal art | clouds | landscape | drapery | bank | bridge (built work) | stream | nude | staff | danger | oxen | cattle | island | branches | cows | escape | carrying | skirt (garment) | flood
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. 388c, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)