Thomas Illman and Thomas Gainsborough
The Young Cottagers
1823-1859
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching and stipple, Sheet: 102 × 74 mm. (4 × 2 15/16 in.)
Image: 94 × 73 mm. (3 11/16 × 2 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2305
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, LL below image: 'T. Gainsborough Pinx.t'; in plate, LR below image: 'T. Illman Sculp.t'; BC in plate: 'THE YOUNG COTTAGERS.'; BR (pencil, in diamond): '4831'. VERSO: BL (stamped in red ink): 'JL' inside 'C' inside 'INSPERATA FLORUIT'.
Artist
Thomas Illman
1823–1858
American, born England, active by 1824, died c. 1859
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