Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790, British

after Henry Robert Morland, 1730–1797, British

Published by Carington Bowles, 1724–1793, British
Title:
Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade
Date:
1768
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/8 x 10 11/16 inches (41 x 27.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Hen. Morland pinxt,,"; lower center: "Published as the Act directs [date torn off surface of paper] | Reading by a Paper-bell Shade. | Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London."; lower right: "Phil. Dawe fecit."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.937
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
book | costume | jewelry | earrings | bracelets (jewelry) | table | chair | lamp (lighting device) | choker | genre subject | shadow | light | leisure | interior | chiaroscuro | reading | woman | lace | flowers (plants) | flounces | bow (costume accessory) | dark
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41201