An Irish family outside their cottage on a Sunday morning prepares to go to church. Engraving by R.C. Bell after W. Brocas.
- Brocas, William, approximately 1794-1868.
- Date:
- [between 1847 and 1851?]
- Reference:
- 3147507i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Left to right, the mother washes the face of a resisting boy; a young woman stands combing her long hair; two younger girls clean a pair of the young woman's shoes; and an old man with spectacles sits reading the Gospel of Saint Luke. Around are farmyard animals (a sleeping pig, chickens and a dog). In the left background is a church
Publication/Creation
[Dublin] : National Art Union for Ireland, [between 1847 and 1851?]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; image 41.5 x 32.8 cm
Lettering
Sunday morning. Painted by William Brocas ; Engraved by Robert C. Bell
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3147507i
Reproduction note
"After a watercolour of the same name exhibited by William Brocas in the R.H.A. [Royal Hibernian Academy] in 1847"--National Library of Ireland, online catalogue, 22 March 2019
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
- Impression trimmed to the image and mounted on a pre-existing mount with a platemark, probably mounted over another print which is now concealed. The mount bears two suspension holes in the top border for display. Mount inscribed "Scène villageoise", therefore presumably formerly in a French collection
Location Status Access Closed stores