The Shepherd's Flute, The Virgin's Lay / Peltro William Tomkins [artwork]
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- Title
- The Shepherd's Flute, The Virgin's Lay [artwork]
- Artist
- Tomkins, Peltro William, 1760-1840
- Date Created
- 1798
- Genre
- artwork
- Physical Description
- Image, including caption: 8 5/8 x 10 1/8 inches (22.0 x 25.8 cm.)
- Artist notes
- after a painting by William Hamilton, history and portrait painter, 1751-1801
- Artist nationality
- British
- Artist role
- stipple engraver
- Original artist
- Hamilton, William, 1751-1801
- Inscription
- Recto: l. l.: Painted by Wm Hamilton R. A. ; bottom center: Pubd as the Act Directs April 5, 1798. by Tomkins No 49 New Bond Street London. ; l. r.: Engrav'd by P. W. Tomkins Historical Engraver to Her Majesty. ; center, bottom edge: THE SHEPHERD'S FLUTE, THE VIRGIN'S LAY. ; verso: l. l.: (in pencil) C575/378
- Medium
- Etching and stipple engraving.
- Condition
- Good condition. Trimmed to image and caption. Small crease and edge tear in caption at bottom edge, but mended. Adhesive tape stains at upper left and right corners of verso. Surface dirt and light stains on verso.
- Provenance
- The Arthur H. Clark Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 23 Nov. 1923.
- Instrument
- Flute
- Related names
- Thomson, James, 1700-1748
- Century
- 18th century
- Subjects
- Literary source
- Pastoral
- Miller category
- Works of art - - Groups of Musicians Outdoors and Pastoral
- Miller ID
- 0587/O
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Last Updated: 03-05-2014