Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882, British
Title:
The Sporting Parson: "He Then Goes in For Baptism"
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk, watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 11/16 × 14 11/16 inches (27.1 × 37.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower left: "7"; in graphite, lower left: "Baptism."; inscribed on verso in black chalk, upper left: "7 He then goes in for the Baptism."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.686
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
horseback riding | horseback riders | parson | horses (animals) | water | falling | hunting | sporting art | hunt | hunters | men | fields | caricature | trees | landscape
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Robert Colls, This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 2020, p. 372, GV706.35 .C65 2020 (LC) YCBA
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:47112