James Parker, 1750–1805, Britishafter John James Barralet, 1747–1815, British
Title:
Fainasollis, Borbar and Fingal
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Line-engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 20 inches (44.5 × 50.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Engraved inscriptions: below image at left, "Barralet delint"; below image at center, "FAINASOLLIS BORBAR & FINGAL"; below, "The maid stood trembling by my side, he drew the bow"; below, "She fell, unerring is thy hand, I said, but feeble was the foe"; below, "Vide Macphersons Ossian Poem of Fingal, book 3d"; below, "From an Original Drawing in the Collection of Charles Beddam Esq."; below, "London Publish'd March 1 1783 by T. Macklin No 39 Fleet Street"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.11041
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09)The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)