Object Number 1981.0057

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

The MERRY VILLAGERS.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

William Woollett (Etcher and engraver)
08/15/1735-05/23/1785
Woollett was apprenticed to John Tinney, an engraver in Fleet Street, London, and studied in the St Martin's Lane academy. His first important plate was from the "Niobe" of Richard Wilson, published by Boydell in 1761, which was followed in 1763 by a companion engraving from the "Phaethon" of the same painter. After West he engraved his fine plate of the "Battle of La Hogue" (1781), and the "Death of General Wolfe" (1776), which is usually considered Woollett's masterpiece.

Thomas Jones (Painter)
1742-1803

Laurie & Whittle (Publisher)
1794-1812

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

May 12 1794 (1794-1794)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; T. Jones pinx.\t
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Will.\m Woollett sculp.\t
3. Inscription; Bottom center; Published 12\th. May, 1794. by LAURIE & WHITTLE, 53, Fleet Street, London./ (Successors to the late M.\r Rob.\t Sayer)

Subjects

Landscape; Genre scene

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Etched, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

17 (H) , 21.74 (W) , 17.03 (Image H) , 20.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

43.1 (H) , 55.22 (W) , 17.03 (Image H) , 20.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at center. W near bottom.

Publisher Summary

Laurie & Whittle

Publication Date

05/12/1794

Place of Publication

53 Fleet Street, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

none

Object Description

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