Purcell, Richard, approximately 1736-approximately 1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1746 and 1766]
Call Number:
793.00.00.71
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A pretty young woman stands beneath a tree spinning wool from a spindle
Description:
Title engraved below image., Richard Purcell signed his works, among other names, as Charles Corbutt. See: Bénézit. Dictionaire critique et documentaire des peintres, ... [New ed.] , v. 11, page 302., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogure, registration no.: 1874,0613.2661., and Imperfect; text "Plate 2" following title has been mostly erased from sheet. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Spinning, Spinning apparatus, Wool, and Young adults
