Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), Sheep-Sheering, 1798
- Title:
- Sheep-Sheering
- Additional Title(s):
- Sheep-Shearing
- Date:
- 1798
- Materials & Techniques:
- Stipple engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 1/2 × 12 3/16 inches (34.3 × 30.9 cm), Image: 8 3/16 × 10 3/16 inches (20.8 × 25.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on front, lower right: "letter Proof JW"; inscribed in graphite, on back, lower right: "Juer 795"
Lettered, in black ink, left under image: "Painted by W. Hamilton, R A"; center under image: "London Pub.d as the Act directs Sep.r 5 1798. by P. W. Tomkins. N.o49. New Bond Street."; right under image: "Engraved by F. Bartolozzi R.A. Engraver to his Majesty."; center: "SHEEP -- SHEARING."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.694
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bonnet | bucket | children | clouds | farms | fences | flowers (plants) | garlands | genre subject | hat | houses | jacket | landscape | men | porch | rams | ribbon | shearing | shears | sheep | steps | suits | trees | women | wool
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40936
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