Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)after Raphael Lamar West, 1769–1850, British
Title:
And Ah! Let Pity Turn Her Dewy Eyes...
Date:
1801
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/16 x 10 9/16 inches (35.7 x 26.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower center: "[...]. [...]. (initials) 1807 | Juer 245"; lower right: "(IR31/1738)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.692
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sadness | juvenilia | resting | shadow | melancholy | bedframe | sorrow | literary theme | poetry | poverty | light | pillows | book | allegory | man | blankets (coverings) | crying | broken | bed | window | mirrors | interior | poor | rats | poem | novel | Juvenilia; or, a Collection of Poems Written between the ages of Twelve and Sixteen by J. H. L. Hunt, Late of the Grammar School of Christ's Hospital, 1801