Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Title:
Repose in Egypt
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 9/16 inches (20.6 x 26.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Jam.s Barry Pinxt."; lower center: "Repose in Egypt"; lower right: "A. M Sct"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.11068
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sitting | Bible | New Testament | resting | the rest on the flight into Egypt | halos | reeds | religious and mythological subject | reading | family | woman | man | baby | wife | husband | children | child | pyramids | skirt | cloak | Christian | book
Associated Places:
Egypt
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Pearls to Pyramids: British Visual Culture and the Levant, 1600–1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28)
Publications:
Pearls to pyramids : British visual culture and the Levant, 1600-1830 [wall labels], Yale Center for British Art, 2008, p. 34, V 2576 (YCBA)

Pearls to pyramids : British visual culture and the Levant, 1600-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2008, p. 16, V1880
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29888