Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain

after Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716)
Title:
The Morning Rose, What Shall Poor Harpax Do!
Date:
1744
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 x 14 5/16 inches (31.1 x 36.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, center left: "#54"; lower right: "not cat in | [...]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.890
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
money | gown | coats | cap | jewelry | purse | bonnets | drapery | curtains | genre subject | coffee cups | tray | kettle | women | prostitute | purchasing | prostitution | men | lovers | gesture | ruffles | maid | pointing | jeweler
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
Publications:
John Ingamells, A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings of Philip Mercier, Volume of the Walpole Society, vol. 46, Walpole Society, 1976-8, p. 60, no. 257, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22581