Nurse and Children in the Fields
Printmaker:
Keating, George
Publisher:
Smith, John Raphael
Painter:
Morland, George
(After)
After the painting by Morland (c.1791; according to information in the British Museum records for Keating's print after this painting, Nurse and Children in the Fields was a companion picture to Morland's earlier work, The Kite Entangled, after which a mezzotint was engraved by William Ward and published by J. R. Smith, June 19, 1790). A nurse wearing a mob cap is seated in profile facing right, receiving wild flowers offered up by a young girl seated at the centre and a boy seated on the ground in the left foreground. A third child, an older girl, stands and watches on the right. A large tree in the background, the boy's hat upturned on the ground at lower centre.
Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay, 1912
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century#
Production date:
1791-04-01
AD 1791
Mezzotint. Scratched letter proof with narrow margins. Artists' names at lower left and right: 'Painted by G. Morland' and lower right: 'Engraved by G. Keating'. Title scratched in uppercase roman letters : 'NURSE AND CHILDREN IN THE FIELDS'. Publication details scratched faintly at lower centre: 'London, Publish'd 1st April 1791 by J.R. Smith, N 31 King Street Covent Garden'. Inscribed on the verso in graphite: 'CBM [Charles Brinsley Marlay]'; 'Not in J.C.S. [Chaloner Smith]'. An impression engraved with closed letters is in the collection of the Natinoal Gallery of Washington; 2001.118.16.
Accession number: P.15022-R
Primary reference Number: 240084
Nagler (Künstler-Lexicon): 6.2 (p.547)
Baily (Morland): p.128
Chaloner Smith: undescribed
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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