The deserted village [graphic]

Description

Title: The deserted village [graphic]
Creator: Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
Contributor: Sherwin, J. K. 1751-1790, artist.
Published / Created: [1 September 1787]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published the 1 Sept. 1787 by I. Kirby, No. 7 Gresse Street, Rathbone Place
Abstract: "Two families and a laden ass travelling on a path, the parents looking to each other with worried faces and weeping as the children play; a woodcutter on the far left by a thatched cottage, hills and landscape to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Dedication from James Kirby to James Caulfield, the Earl and Viscount Charlemont, etched below title.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint, dedication, and coat of arms below title. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration number: 1890,0415.234.
Watermark.
Provenance: Suckling; May 1956;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 45.2 x 58.3 cm
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints
Stipple engravings England London 1787
Etchings England London 1787
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: stipple engraving and etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Country life
Donkeys
Crying
Children
Dwellings
Subjects: Country life
Donkeys
Crying
Children
Dwellings
England > London > 1787

Access: Public
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