Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Print made by Edward Calvert, 1799–1883, British
Title:: The Lady and the Rooks
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving on thin, smooth, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/16 x 3 1/2 inches (5.6 x 8.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "F-8."; lower right: "The Lady + the Rooks."; on back, center left: "w (encircled)"; on back, lower center: "Lady + Rooks"; on back, lower right: "MH | The Lady + The Rooks"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1977.14.10894
Classification:: Prints
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: birds | rooks (birds) | dress | landscape | Medieval | portrait | windows | turret | forest | building | castle | trees | hill | Gothic (Medieval) | woman
Currently On View:: Not on view
Publications:: Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, v1: p. 202, no. 388a, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29320