Muscipula or Girl with a Mouse Trap, after Joshua Reynolds.
Thomas McLean
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1 Mar 1879
Materials
paper
Measurements
460 mm (H)362 mm (W)687 mm (H)531 mm (W)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246575
Summary
A picture that is stippled and engraved by John Jones (c.1745-1797) titled 'Muscipula' or 'Girl with a Mousetrap', after Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Full description
A young girl is standing three-quarter length, centre front, looking at us. Wearing a plain skirt and blouse she is holding up a mouse in a cage trap with both hands, and is watched by a cat on the table to her left. Behind her the is a large urn draped with a small piece of cloth. On the left a cottage and landscape can be seen through a window. Thomas Agnew & Sons, and Thomas McLean were the publishers and printers. Mark White, 10 Davis St. Berkley Square, framed and sold the print.
Marks and inscriptions
MARK WHITE, / CARVER AND GILDER, / 10 DAVIES STREET, / BERKELEY SQUARE, W. (printed label on reverse)
Makers and roles
Thomas McLean, engraver and publisher Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), original artist Thomas Agnew and Sons Ltd, engraver and publisher