IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 206182 accession number: P.801-1948 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 13 August 2015 updated: Tuesday 9 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: A young boy wearing a night-gown, walking to the left, holding a candle holder with lit candle, and blowing on a glowing charcoal. The inscription on the former mount (and in accession register) was 'L'effet de la lumiere factice / [Musee de Bruxelles]'. There is another print in similar dimensions by James Wilson, which is deceptively close. There are a number of differences in details and highlights between even surviving impressions by Purcell (e.g. clouds across the moon, boy's shirt collar, handle of candleholder), indicating that the print was altered in its lifetime. This print is closest to the British Museum impression, 2010,7081.3063 title: print LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Given by Louis C. G. Clarke, Trinity Hall, August 1948 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/206182 TECHNIQUES ---------- mezzotint CATEGORIES ------ category: print DATING ------ creation date: 1749 - 1766 creation date earliest: 1749 creation date latest: 1766 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Purcell, Richard maker: Schalcken, Godfried