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Milk below Maids

Print
02/07/1793 (published)
Artist/Maker
Colnaghi (publishers)
Schiavonetti, Luigi (engraver)
Wheatley, Francis (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Colour print showing a milkmaid handing a pail of milk to a young boy and a girl with a small dog. On the right is a house and railings; in the background to the left is lamp post, and beyond is a carriage

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Milk below Maids (assigned by artist)
  • Cries of London (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour stipple engraving with additional colour by hand
Stipple Engraving
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
Print entitled 'Milk below Maids' depicting a milkmaid with children. Plate (2 of 13) from the series 'Cries of London', published by Colnaghi & Co., London, 1793-1797. Colour stipple engraving by Luigi Schiavonetti after Francis Wheatley.
Physical description
Colour print showing a milkmaid handing a pail of milk to a young boy and a girl with a small dog. On the right is a house and railings; in the background to the left is lamp post, and beyond is a carriage
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 40.6cm
  • Cut to width: 30.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Painted by F. Wheatley R.A. Engraved by L. Schiavonetti / London Pub. as the Act Directs July 2. 1793 by Colnaghi & Co. No. 32 Pall Mall' (Lettered)
  • 'Milk below Maids Cries of London Qui veut du lait il est tout chaud' (Lettered with title and series title)
  • 'Plate 2d' (Numbered)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs M. V. Cunliffe
Object history
Other impressions of Nos. 1, 2, 5, 10 are in the Department of Prints and Drawings, E.1620-1623-1948.
Production
Attribution note: Printed from a single plate
Subjects depicted
Milkmaid
Pail
Children
Place depicted
London
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.107-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O699356/milk-below-maids-print-schiavonetti-luigi/
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