- Title:
- Infant Joy (Plate 14)
- Additional Title(s):
- Verso: The Shepherd (Plate 15)
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1789
- Materials & Techniques:
- Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm), Plate: 4 3/8 x 2 5/8 inches (11.1 x 6.7 cm), Plate: 4 3/8 x 2 5/8 inches (11.1 x 6.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image: "Infant Joy | I have no name | I am but two days old. -- | What shall I call thee? | I happy am | Joy is my name, -- | Sweet joy befall thee! | Pretty joy! | Sweet joy but two days old. | Sweet joy I call thee; | Thou dost smile. | I sing the while | Sweet joy befall thee."; Lettered on verso, inside image: "The Shepherd. | How sweet is the Shepherds sweet lot! | From the morn to the evening he strays; | He shall follow his sheep all the day | And his tongue shall be filled with praise. | For he hears the lambs innocent call. | And he hears the ewes tender reply. | He is watchful while they are in peace. | For they know when their Shepherd is nigh."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.12(9)
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- angel | baby | birds | boy | branches | child | children | crook, shepherd's | flowers (plants) | grazing | hills | infant | leaf | literary theme | men | mother | religious and mythological subject | sheep | shepherd | staff (walking stick) | stem | text | trees | vines | wings | women
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3700
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