Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770, French, Pamela with the Children and Miss Goodwin to whome she is telling her nursery tales. This last Piece leaves her in full possession of the peaceable fruits of her Virtue long after having surmounted all the difficulties it had been exposed to, 1745
- Title:
- Pamela with the Children and Miss Goodwin to whome she is telling her nursery tales. This last Piece leaves her in full possession of the peaceable fruits of her Virtue long after having surmounted all the difficulties it had been exposed to
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1745
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching with stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/2 x 21 5/16 inches (39.3 x 54.1 cm), Plate: 11 3/4 x 14 13/16 inches (29.8 x 37.6 cm), Image: 10 7/16 x 14 inches (26.5 x 35.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on front, lower right: "54.16.1l"
Lettered, in black ink, lower left under image: "Jos. Highmore inv. et pinx."; lower right under image: "A. Benoist Sculp."; in next two sets of lettering, the left set is divided from the right set by a long vertical printed line: lower left: "Pamela with her Children and Miss Goodwin to whom she is telling her nursery | tales. This last Piece leaves her in full possession of the peaceable fruits of her Virtue | long after having surmounted all the difficulties It had been exposed to."; lower right: "(Same text repeated, translated into French."; lowest, center: "Published, according to Act of Parliament, July 1.st 1745."; lowest right: "12."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of the Library Association
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1994.4.329(l)
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bed | bonnets | caps | chairs | children | cradle | dresses | genre subject | literary theme | maids | mother | noblewoman | painting (visual work) | Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded (1740) by Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) | servants | storytelling | Tales | virtue | window | women
- Associated People:
- Pamela Andrews
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:52147
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