The deserted village [graphic].

Description

Title: The deserted village [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Wilkinson, Robert, -approximately 1825, publisher.
Published / Created: 1784 June 4
Copyright Date: [4 June 1784]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: R. Wilkinson, No. 58 Cornhill
Abstract: "In the foreground a father and daughter leaving the village, as she says her farewell to her lover, with other families preparing to emigrate in the background; an oval composition."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state of the same composition.
Description: Companion print to: "The village train."
Printmaker from statement of responsibility on variant state in the British Museum.
Smaller image engraved below title, with a column of verse etched on either side: Good Heaven! what sorrows gloom'd that parting day, that call'd them from their native walks away ...
Title etched below large oval-shaped image.
Variant state, lacking dedication and statement of responsibility and with the publication line in a different location. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.1349.
Extent: 1 print : stipple engraving with etching in red ink on laid paper ; plate mark 42.9 x 50.7 cm, on sheet 45.7 x 54.1 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Genre prints--England--1784.
Stipple engravings--England--London--1784.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Wilkinson, Robert, -approximately 1825, publisher.

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 372