May Day : Le Premier de Mai

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Artist/Maker	Hayman, Francis (RA) (painter (artist)) Truchy, L. (engraver)
Place of origin	London (engraved)

Print taken from the original copperplate for 'May Day : Le Premier de Mai'. From the painting by Francis Hayman. Three women dancing to the music of a violin player, behind them stands a man carrying various pots and dishes on his head. To the right of the plate, there are three young boys by a water fountain which has a lion head design.

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Category	Printmaking Techniques
Object type	Print
Title	May Day : Le Premier de Mai
Brief description	Etching and engraving. Engraved by Truchy from a painting by Francis Hayman. May Day : Le Premier de Mai, modern impression, taken in 1949 from a mid 18th century copper plate.
Physical description	Print taken from the original copperplate for 'May Day : Le Premier de Mai'. From the painting by Francis Hayman. Three women dancing to the music of a violin player, behind them stands a man carrying various pots and dishes on his head. To the right of the plate, there are three young boys by a water fountain which has a lion head design.
Marks and inscriptions	F. Hayman pinxt. (Below bottom-right corner of image (in reverse).) Truchy Sculpt. (Below bottom-left corner of image (in reverse).) London. Printed for Robt Sayer, Map & Printseller at No. 53 in Fleet Street (Centre, directly below the image (in reverse).) May Day. I Le Premier de Mai (Directly below the text above (in reverse).) From the Original Painting in Vauxhall Garden. (Centre, along the bottom of the plate (in reverse).) II (Top-left corner of plate, outside the frame of the image.)
Associated object	E.249-1949 (Original)
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1949, London: HMSO, 1961.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.249A-1949

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O597971/may-day--le-premier-print-hayman-francis-ra/

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