Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Charles Grignion, 1717–1810, British

Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801, British

after Samuel Wale, 1721–1786, British
Title:
A Perspective View of the Foundling Hospital with Emblematic Figures
Date:
1749
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, pasted on mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 17 3/8 inches (35 × 44.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on mount, lower left: "[...] Samuel Wale"; on mount, lower center: "-1749-"; on mount, lower right: "809/Evc/"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.1112
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | goddesses | hats | tricornes | statues | genre subject | gate | walls | orphanage | buildings | women | mythology | children | mothers | infants | men
Associated Places:
Foundling Hospital | City of London | London | Greater London | United Kingdom | England
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Jacqueline Riding, Basic Instincts Love, Passion and Violence in the Art of Joseph Highmore, Paul Holberton Publishing, London, p. 116, fig. 99, NJ18.H4888 R53 2017 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41678