Print made by David Allan, 1744–1796, British, born in Scotland, Pilgrims Paying Their Devotion in St. Peters at Rome, between 1773 and 1775
- Title:
- Pilgrims Paying Their Devotion in St. Peters at Rome
- Date:
- between 1773 and 1775
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 7/8 × 6 15/16 inches (25.1 × 17.7 cm), Image: 9 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (23.5 × 17.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower center: "Pilgrims paying their Devotion in Saint Peters at Rome."
Lettered in black ink, within image, lower left, in trunk: "ELEMOSINA PER | LA FABRICA"
Signed in brown ink, lower left: "D. Allan pinxit et fecit"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10961
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arches | architecture | bags | book | boy | cap | child | Christianity | church | dog (animal) | dress | genre subject | gesture | halo | husband | interior | kerchief | kissing | kneeling | lamp | locks | luggage | mantle | men | pilasters | pilgrims | prayer | praying | relief | religious and mythological subject | rosary | shawl | shells | son | staffs | statue | throne | tiles | travelers | vault (structural element) | wife | windows | women
- Associated Places:
- Europe | St. Peter's Basilica | Vatican City
- Associated People:
- saint
St. Peter - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29386
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