Watercolor, black ink and brown ink on medium, lightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/8 × 8 1/2 inches (17.5 × 21.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image in pen and black ink, upper center: "Sermons"; upper right: "Voyages & Travels" | left: "Novels"; center: "Romances"; "Tales"; right:"Plays"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.867
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
lending | women | caricature | shelves | books | library (building) | dog (animal)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
Publications:
Elisabeth Fairman, Pleasures and pastimes, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, 1990, p. 10, no. 37, DA485 F25 1990 (YCBA)J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 41, 89, no. 48, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)