Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, The Housewife's Employment, undated
- Title:
- The Housewife's Employment
- Additional Title(s):
- Woman Churning Butter
- Part Of:
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 1/16 x 9 3/16 inches (33.2 x 23.3 cm), Plate: 12 13/16 x 8 15/16 inches (32.5 x 22.7 cm), Image: 11 5/16 x 8 7/8 inches (28.7 x 22.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "2/-"; inscribed on verso, lower left: "W. E."; lower center: "405. 6 T | 266"; lower right: "2/"
Possible collector's mark; Unidentified, W E (not in Lugt)
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Ph. Mercier Pinxt."; lower center: "Rural Life."; lower right: "J. Faber fecit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.875
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- apron | bonnet | butter | cap | churn | curls | domestic | dress | genre subject | labor | peasant | rural | woman | working
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22566
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John Ingamells, A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings of Philip Mercier, Volume of the Walpole Society, vol. 46, Walpole Society, 1976-8, p. 46, no. 180, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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