Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765, Irish
after Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716)
Title:: Sleepy Maid
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 1/4 inches (36.5 × 26 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper right: "78"; inscribed in graphite, lower center: "The Sleepy Maid"; inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Sleepy Maid"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "P. Mercier"; Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "J. McArdell"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "305"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "195 a T"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1970.3.1064
Classification:: Prints
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: sleeping | plates | servant | figure study | genre subject
Currently On View:: Not on view
Publications:: 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. 42, no. 155, pl. 14f, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22754