Image

Jean Baptiste Mechel

Cupid Stung by a Bee, is Cherished by His Mother,

Description

Maker

Title

Cupid Stung by a Bee, is Cherished by His Mother

Medium

stipple engraving (printing process)

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

27.5 x 23.3 cm (10 13/16 x 9 3/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:numbered in pencil in LC of mount:No. 49In Plate--inscribed along bottom curve of image:B. West Historical Painter to his Majesty Pinx† John Boydell excudit 1779. I.B. Michel Sculpsit.; titled & inscribed in LC:CUPID./Stung by a Bee, is cherished by his Mother/f/Size of the picture A: O Diameter./Published March 1st 1779, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London.

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Raymond G. Mowry

Object Number

26.417

About

Cupid Stung by a Bee, is Cherished by His Mother

Original--Recto:numbered in pencil in LC of mount:No. 49In Plate--inscribed along bottom curve of image:B. West Historical Painter to his Majesty Pinx† John Boydell excudit 1779. I.B. Michel Sculpsit.; titled & inscribed in LC:CUPID./Stung by a Bee, is cherished by his Mother/f/Size of the picture A: O Diameter./Published March 1st 1779, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London.

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