The shepherds holyday [graphic].
- Copyright Date:
- [24 October 1793]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : mezzotint with etching on wove paper ; plate mark 35.2 x 25 cm, on sheet 44 x 31 cm
- Notes:
- Four lines of verse in two columns below title: The month of May is now begun, and the sweet flowers are all in bloom; the nymphs and swains like lambs shall play, to welcome the shepherds holyday.
Title engraved below image. - Abstract:
- "Rural scene with two couples dancing on the left while a man pipes and plays a drum under a tree on the right, and another couple watch at a table in front of him, smoking and drinking; village in the background."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Variant Titles:
- Shepherds holy day
- Topics:
- Country life.
Dancers.
Dogs.
Eating & drinking.
Holidays.
Pipes (Smoking)
Shepherds. - Topics:
- Fairburn, John, 1768 or 1769-1832, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88087118
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Genre prints.
Mezzotints--England--London--1793. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- 793.10.24.03+
- Orbis Record:
- 14472664
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr37760
- OID:
- 16835250
- PID:
- digcoll:4791363
