Print made by Cornelis Apostool, 1762–1844, Dutchafter Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848, BritishPublished by Samuel Ireland, 1744–1800, British
Title:
Here Nature List'ning Stood
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 5 15/16 inches (22.8 × 15.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, within image, upper right: "Warwickshire Avon."; lower left: "Burney delt."; lower center: "Here NATURE list'ning stood, whilst Shakespear play'd | And wonder'd at the Work herself had made! | London Pub. for Saml. Ireland Feby. 1st. 1795."; lower right: "C. Apostool sculpt. | Churchill."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.1.98
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
scroll (information artifact) | togas | breeches | costume | doublet | drapery | curtain | nudes | lyre | comedy | tragedy | personification | masks | women | man | church | trees | shore (landform) | river | riverbanks | steeple | frontispiece (illustration) | nets | literary theme | moustache | beard | fish | swan
Associated Places:
Avon | Warwickshire | Europe | United Kingdom | England