Memorial to a Poet, Richard Tickell from Hampton Church
Date:
between 1796 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 1/8 inches (38.7 × 28.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: "Hampton Vol XII page 80; upper right: "244"; lower center: "This Tickell was a Poet and held some appointment | in Somerset House. He came down to Hampton | Court and in a fit of insanity threw himself | from the upper apartments of the Palace, gell on | the pavement below and was kill'd on the spot."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection