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Tasting

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1825-1850

GUSN

GUSN-4563

Description

Engraving of a seated woman tasing a piece of fruit with landscape of trees and vines behind; under glass in mahogany veneer frame with mitred corners; original ring hanger on top edge of frame; wood back.

Details

Descriptive Terms

engravings (prints)
engraving (printing process)
ink
paper (fiber product)
Picture
Ink
Unidentified Paper
Stipple Engraved
Picture

Inscription

Title in lower border; enbossed oval mark barely visible at lower left corner; publishers listed at bottom.

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Reynolds & Maile (Engraver)
McLean (Publisher)
Bailey & Ward (Publisher)
Mordot, V. (Publisher)
Dubufe (Painter)

Location of Origin

New York, NY, USA; London, England; Paris, France

Dimensions

17.625 x 12.625 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.770

Places

New York state (United States)

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