Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image: "The Ecchoing Green | The Sun does arise, | And make happy the skies. | The merry bells ring | To welcome the Spring. | The sky-lark and thrush, | The birds of the brush, | Sing louder around, | To the bells chearful sound. | While our sports shall be seen | On the Ecchoing Green. | Old John with white hair | Does laugh away care, | Sitting under the oak. | Among the old folk, | They"; Lettered on verso, inside image: "They laugh at our play, | And soon they all say, | Such such were the joys. | When we all girls & boys, | In our youth time were seen, | On the Ecchoing Green. | Till the little ones weary | No more can be merry | The sun does descend, | And our sports have an end: | Round the laps of their mothers. | Many sisters and brothers, | Like birds in their nest. | Are ready for rest; | And sport no more seen, | On the darkening Green."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.12(7)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
literary theme | sitting | grapes | leaf | branches | vine | tree | stick | fruit | text | children | mother | child | men | women | walking | ball | hoop | bat | kite