Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1745–ca.1809, Britishafter Henry Robert Morland, 1730–1797, BritishPublished by Robert Sayer, 1725–1794, British
Title:
The Unlucky Boy
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, greened white laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/16 × 14 inches (51 × 35.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Heny. Moreland Pinxt,,"; lower center: "The Unlucky Boy | Published as the Act directs, Septemr. the 1st. 1772, by ROBT. SAYER, No. 53 in Fleet Street, LONDON."; lower right: "Philip Dawe fecit. | Price 5."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.12027
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
tickling | playing | genre subject | gown | laughing | candle | costume | smiling | work table | chiaroscuro | light | coat | feather | dark | gesture | shadow | children | sleeping | girl | seamstress | boy | sewing machine | ruffles | tricking