Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

after Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Title:
Reapers
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving with hand coloring
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 x 26 1/2in. (55.9 x 67.3cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "B. West R.A. Historical Painter to his Majesty pinxt."; lettered, lower right: "F. Bartolozzi R.A. Historical Engraver to his Majesty sculpt."; lettered, lower center: "London. Pub. as the Act directs May 11. 1790 by B. West Newman Sreet."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.320
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
farmers | windmill | sheep | oxen | wheat | dog (animal) | baby | genre subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Christiana Payne, Toil and plenty : images of the agricultural landscape in England, 1780-1890, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, p. 184, no. 87, ND1354.4 P39 1993 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42078