Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author and Embellished with Seventy Plates, Volume 1

Text by John Gay, 1685–1732, British, Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author and Embellished with Seventy Plates, Volume 1, 1793

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Creator:

Text by John Gay, 1685–1732
Prints by William Blake, 1757–1827
Philip Audinet, 1766–1837
Peter Mazell, active 1761–1797
William Skelton, 1763–1848
unknown artist (Brown)
unknown artist (Cook)
unknown artist (Grainger, W.)
unknown artist (Lovegrove)
unknown artist (Wilson)

Title:

Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author and Embellished with Seventy Plates, Volume 1

Part Of:

Collective Title: Fables by John Gay, Vol. I

Collective Title: Gay's Fables

Date:

1793

Materials & Techniques:

Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 10 1/2 x 6 11/16in. (26.7 x 17cm)

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1982.22.1

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Access:

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9798

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