Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808, British
Title:: The Spoiled Child, Scene V
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 19 5/8 inches (39.4 × 49.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Multiple inscriptions in black ink throughout image; inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Scene V"; in black ink, lower center: "Inhuman Whetch, where's now thy faith and truth? | To take advantage of my tender youth, | While on your knees you vow'd my spouse to be, | And swore 'twas PARADISE to nest with me!"; in graphite, on mount, lower right: "L VASLET 87"; on back of mount, center: "VASLET, LEWIS | The Spoiled Child, Scene V | one of a set of six"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1977.14.4345
Classification:: Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: ass (donkey) | oranges | family | bonnet | cheating | fireplace | paint | lute | wine | table | apron | humor | revenge | uniform | dresses | cat (domestic cat) | dog (animal) | sword | letters (correspondence) | ink bottle | girl | satire | paintings | tricornes | gesture | knife | fruits | birdcage | sex | broken | boy | quill | children | bust | pendant | tankards | genre subject | miniature (painting) | lovers | smiling | portraits | armed forces | interior | disaster | sheet music
Currently On View:: Not on view
Publications:: Kathryn James, English Paleography and Manuscript Culture, 1500-1800, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, p. 131, fig. 164, Z115.E5 J36 2020+ (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14171