Goatherds in the Roman Campagna: a man with a stick rests on a tombstone while a boy plays the flute. Mezzotint by C. Turner after C.L. Eastake.

  • Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865.
Date:
Jany, 1, 1825
Reference:
2474138i
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Description

The man has a stick and leans on a tomb inscribed "D.M.", meaning Dis manibus (to the shades of the deceased). In the background, ruins of a Roman aqueduct

Publication/Creation

[London] (No.8, Pall Mall, and 90, Cheapside) : Messrs. Hurst, Robinson, & Co. printsellers to His Majesty, Jany, 1, 1825.

Physical description

1 print : mezzotint, with etching ; platemark 34.7 x 44.9 cm

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Lettering

Painted by I.C. Eastlake, Rome. Engraved by C. Turner, mezzotinto engraver in ordinary to His Majesty.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2474138i

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