Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, Britishafter Claude Gellée, 1600–1682, FrenchPublished by John Boydell, 1720–1804, British
Title:
View of a Portico by the Side of a River, with Herdsmen and Cattle
Date:
1774
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 x 16 5/16 inches (28 x 41.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right:"Proof | Ml ff | 750"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Theodore Sizer
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1994.4.913
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
pointing | goats | grazing | sheep | architectural subject | reeds | marine art | ruins | hat | flute (aerophone) | genre subject | music | leisure | gesture | pastoral | men | peasants | shepherds | trees | hills | riverbanks | rural | colonnade | river | pillars | columns (architectural elements)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Picturesque and Sublime - Thomas Cole's Trans-Atlantic Inheritance (Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 2018-04-29 - 2018-11-04)
Publications:
Timothy J. Barringer, Picturesque and sublime : Thomas Cole's trans-Atlantic inheritance, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2018, pp. 86-87, no. 1, NJ18 .C67 B37 2018 (YCBA)