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Creator:
Print made by John Hall, 1739–1797
Text by John Gay, 1685–1732
Published by John Stockdale, ca. 1749–1814
Title:
Title Page, Vignette Portrait of John Gay
Part Of:

Collective Title: Fables by John Gay, Vol. II

Collective Title: Gay's Fables

Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm), Sheet: 10 1/2 × 6 5/8 inches (26.7 × 16.8 cm), Image: 2 1/2 × 3 1/2 inches (6.4 × 8.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered above image, upper left: "FABLES | By | JOHN GAY, | With a Life of the Author | AND | embellished with Seventy Plates.; lettered below image, center: "J. Hall (...) | VOL. II | LONDON | Printed for John Stockdale Piccadilly | 1793;

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1982.22.2(1)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:82521
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