Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
George Dance, 1741–1825, British
Title:
A Man doing the Splits
Date:
between 1760 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 5 3/4 inches (18.7 × 14.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.868
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
orchestra | caricature | man | stage | performance
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)

English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (The Library of Congress, 1984-11-13 - 1985-02-26)

English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10)

English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-09-01 - 1985-11-13)

English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985-06-04 - 1985-09-05)

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, pp. 18, 20, no. 98, DA485 F25 1990 (YCBA)

Richard T. Godfrey, English caricature, 1620 to the present : caricaturists and satirists, their art, their purpose and influence, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1984, pp. 65, 67, no. 66, pl. 30, NC1477 .G63 E54

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. 44, 94, no. 61, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)

Simon Schama, The Yale Centre for British Art, TLS, the Times Literary Supplement, , May 20, 1977, p. 620, TLS Historical Archive
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8953