Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828

Title:

Jupiter and the herdsman.

Published / Created:

England, 1818?

Physical Description:

1 printing block ; 53 mm high x 76 mm wide x 23 mm deep

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NE1147.6.B49 A68f Flat A
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Related Content:

View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:16473114

Classification:

Three-Dimensional Artifacts

Notes:

The block has been repaired with a plug.

Title from image caption in The fables of Aesop.

The image engraved on the present printing block, by Thomas Bewick, was originally published in Bewick's The fables of Aesop and others, with designs on wood (Newcastle: E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son, Longman and Co. London, 1818).

Subject Terms:

Jupiter (Roman deity)

Form/Genre:

Wood blocks (printing blocks)

Contributors:

Contained in (work): Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828. The fables of Aesop and others, with designs on wood.