The Silver Age
Print
30/01/1778 (published)
30/01/1778 (published)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Print showing a girl sitting at the roadside, a basket of chickens beside her and a landscape in the distance.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Silver Age (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Mezzotint |
| Brief description | 'The Silver Age'. Print showing a girl sitting at the roadside with a basket of chickens. Mezzotint by John Raphael Smith after Henry Walton, 1778. |
| Physical description | Print showing a girl sitting at the roadside, a basket of chickens beside her and a landscape in the distance. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Painted by H. Walton. Engrav'd by J. R. Smith. Publish'd by J. Boydell, Engraver, Cheapside Jany 30th. 1778.' (Lettered with title and) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood |
| Object history | This engraving is companion to the print entitled 'The Golden Age', by Valentine Green after Benjamin West. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.564-1959 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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