The peasants nest and Cowper's tame hares [graphic] / Blake d. & sc.
- Creator:
- Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809, publisher
- Published/Created:
- [London] :
Publish'd Nov. 5, 1802 by J. Johnson, St. Pauls Church Yard,
[5 November 1802] - Physical Description:
- 1 print :
etching on wove paper ;
plate mark 17.3 x 15.5 cm., on sheet 28 x 22 cm. - Notes:
- Etched plate on sheet with letterpress above and on verso.
Plate from: The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, Esqr. / by William Hayley. Chichester : Printed by J. Seagrave, 1803, v. II, p. 415. - Abstract:
- Framed within the image of a rustic hut decorated with garlands and ivy, on the left, a man in an outdoor coat and hat walks in a rain storm; on the right a young woman dances in a pastoral landscape as the bright sun rises behind her. Beside her on the left, lambs nibble at the grass; a cottage can be seen in the background on her right. Below the image, the lines: Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought, devised the weather-house, that useful toy! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains, Forth steps the man, an emblem of myself, more delicate his tim'rous mate retires." Below the verse a round image of three rabbits identified as Puss, Tiney & Bess.
- Variant Titles:
- Cowper's tame hares
- Topics:
- Rabbits
Weather
Weather vanes - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Book illustrations--England--1802
Watermarks (Paper)--J Whatman--1801.--CtY-LW - Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- 802.11.05.03
- Orbis Record:
- 8380028
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr03532
- OID:
- 10955141
- PID:
- digcoll:973524
