Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807, British
Title:
Frontispiece Vol. VII, No. I for 1775 from Town and Country Magazine
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 inches (17 × 9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: "shoot Folly as if [...] | And [...] the living manners as they wise."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1990.12.5
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
laurel crown | tree | books | lyre | putti | religious and mythological subject | looking glass | quiver | globe (cartographic sphere)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2982