unknown artistafter John Leech, 1817–1864, British
Title:
Boy with a Donkey and a Horse and a Rider
Date:
ca. 1860
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 10 inches (18.1 × 25.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "Small Boy (to prodigious Swell) 'I say, Mister, Ketch my Donkey, that's a Good Chap - I'll do the same for you | another time!'"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection