Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790, British, Domestick Employment Ironing, ca. 1769
- Title:
- Domestick Employment Ironing
- Date:
- ca. 1769
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches (40 x 28.3 cm), Plate: 13 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (35.3 x 25.1 cm), Image: 12 3/16 x 9 13/16 inches (31 x 25 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Indecipherable inscriptions in graphite, on back, lower right
Collector's mark: Unidentified, star (Lugt 2872)
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Heny. Moreland pinxt."; lower center: "Domestick Employment Ironing."; lower right: "P. Daws fecit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.12021
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bow (costume accessory) | chair | clothing | costume | domestic | flowers (motifs) | genre subject | gown | interior | ironing | ironing board | labor | maid | mob cap | pattern (design element) | ruffles | shawl | woman | worker | working
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31626
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