'Who would not be good to look so lovely'
- Object:
Illustration
- Place of origin:
London, England (published)
- Date:
25/03/1790 (published)
- Artist/Maker:
B. B. Evans (publisher)
Duchot, Thomas (artist)
Birche, Henry (engraver) - Materials and Techniques:
mezzotint on paper
- Museum number:
RENIER.424
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Mezzotint on paper depicting a child holding an open book in its left hand (in which it has written the letters A to T), and a quill in its right hand. Image is an oval vignette with text below: 'Who would not be GOOD to look so lovely. / To all sweet tempered industrious & obedient Children, / This Plate is dedicated, by their obedient Servant / Thos. Lovegood'. With rectangular plate mark around the edge of the engraving and deckle edges.
Place of Origin
London, England (published)
Date
25/03/1790 (published)
Artist/maker
B. B. Evans (publisher)
Duchot, Thomas (artist)
Birche, Henry (engraver)
Materials and Techniques
mezzotint on paper
Marks and inscriptions
'AR'
Dimensions
Height: 446 mm Whole, Width: 278 mm Whole
Object history note
Mezzotint engraved by Henry Birche after a painting by Thomas Duchot and published by B. B Evans in London on 25 March 1790. Bequeathed to the V&A in 1970 by Anne and Fernand G. Renier as part of the Renier Collection.
Materials
Printing ink; Paper (fiber product)
Techniques
Engraving (printing process); Mezzotint
Subjects depicted
Books; Children (people by age group); Alphabets; Quill pens; Writing (processes); Writing desks; Exercises; Writing instruments; Moral; Writing- stands
Categories
Prints; Illustration; Children & Childhood
Production Type
Mass produced
Collection code
NAL
