[Shepherd boy] [graphic]

Description

Title: [Shepherd boy] [graphic]
Creator: Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker, publisher
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [1794?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Samuel Ireland
Abstract: A boy sits on a rock, looking to right. He rests his elbow on the rock bank behind him and holds a piece of bread in his left hand; he wears an open jacket, breeches and soft broad-brimmed hat; after a drawing by Hogarth
Description: Title from later state with Ireland's name etched as "Sam. Ireland fecit."
Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustration, vol. i, p. 116.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 14.8 x 21 cm, on sheet 15.6 x 24 cm
Edition: [State 1?].
Language: English

Genre: Portraits
Etchings
Material: stipple and etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Shepherds
Subjects: Shepherds
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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