Youthful sport, or, Boys taking a bird's nest [graphic]
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16192334
Description
- Title
- Youthful sport, or, Boys taking a bird's nest [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Boys taking a bird's nest
- Contributor
-
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher. - Published / Created
- published as the act directs 2 Jany. 1784.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Abstract
-
A group of five boys play under a large tree. One boy has climbed up the tree and is handing down a bird's nest with three fledgling birds to another boy on the left, who holds out his hat. On the right one boy gives another boy a ride on his back. On the left one boy gently holds a bird in his hands and strokes its beak. In the background a small group of buildings behind a rail fence
- Description
-
Title from caption below image.
Numbered "512" in lower left corner.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
No. 26 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries.
Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering. - Provenance
- From the H.J. Peters sale, Sotheby's, lot 230; December 1960;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 35.2 x 25.1 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 C697 770
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Mezzotints England London 1784 - Material
- mezzotint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Birds
Boys
Nests
Play (Recreation) - Subjects
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Birds
Boys
Nests
Play (Recreation)
England > 1784
England > London > 1784
Access And Usage Rights
- 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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11662068
- Object ID (OID)
- 16192334