Summer
artist
William Henry Barnard
(1767 - 1818, Stowe, England)
after after
George Morland
(English, 1763 - 1804)
Date1802
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumMezzotint and etching hand-colored
Dimensions55.2 x 69.2 cm (21 3/4 x 27 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP17w46
eMuseum ID720355
EmbARK ObjectID11986
TMS Source ID1136
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet, General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 122.
MarksNotes
Signed and dated in the plate (lower right): G. Morland 1789
Inscribed in plate (bottom margin): Morland's Summer / L'ete de Morland / Engragv'd by Wm Barnard / Published August 31, 1802, by Wm Barnard, No 1. Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy Square, London
ProvenanceNotes
Collection of Isabella Stewart Gardner's grandmother Isabella Tod Stewart (1778-1848).
By descent to Isabella Stewart Gardner, about 1848.
