unknown artist, eighteenth centuryafter John Collet, ca. 1725–1780, British
Title:
The Feathered Fair in a Fright
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Plate: 14 × 9 7/8 inches (35.6 × 25.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered below image: "The FEATHER'D FAIR in a FRIGHT. | From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of Carington Bowles. | Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in S. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs. | 357"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.204
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Rare and Wondrous: Birds in Art and Culture 1620-1820 (Toledo Museum of Art, 2021-04-24 - 2021-07-25)Fashionable Follies (The Museums at Stony Brook, 1981-11-25 - 1982-01-31)
Publications:
Rare and wondrous : birds in art and culture, 1620-1820, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo : OH, p. 86-87, N7665 .R37 2021 (YCBA)