Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964, British
Title:
George Fox and Captain Keat
Date:
between 1890 and 1911
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 x 11 3/4 inches (23.2 x 29.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, lower center: "There was a Captain of Horse in that Town, and he rode out of Town with me about Seven Miles; this | Captain was the fattest, merryest, cherefulst Man, and the most given to Laughter, that ever I met with; | insomuch that I was several times moved of the Lord, to speak in the dreadful Power of the Lord | to him; and yet it was become so customary to him, he would presently laugh at anythting, that he saw. | But I Still admonished him to come to Sobriety."; lower right: "Georg Fox his Journal. Weymouth 1655."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania
Copyright Status:
© Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:
B2009.26.13
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
captain | historical subject | men | Religious Society of Friends | hats | sword | laughing | humor | smiling | riders, horseback | coats | sash | horses (animals) | illustration | religious and mythological subject
Associated Places:
England | Europe | Weymouth | United Kingdom | Dorset
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:62007