Print made by William Humphrey, 1745–1810, British, High Life Below Stairs, 1772
- Title:
- High Life Below Stairs
- Date:
- 1772
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/2 × 11 1/16 inches (39.4 × 28.1 cm), Plate: 13 7/8 × 9 7/8 inches (35.2 × 25.1 cm), Image: 12 5/8 × 9 7/8 inches (32.1 × 25.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "#23"
Lettered, lower left: "Martin pinxt."; lettered, lower right: "Umpreys fecit."; lettered, lower center: "High Life below Stairs, or MUNGO, addressing my Ladys Maid. | For Wine inspires us, and fires us with Courage, Love, and Joy, &c. | London Printed for Robt. Sayer, No.53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 1st Jany.1772.-"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.970
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22660
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