Print Selected Image
© Estate of the Artist
Copy Caption to clipboard
Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964, British, George Fox Shows His Leather Breeches at Hellett, between 1890 and 1911
- Title:
- George Fox Shows His Leather Breeches at Hellett
- Part Of:
- Date:
- between 1890 and 1911
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 15/16 x 9 15/16 inches (20.1 x 25.3 cm), Plate: 5 15/16 x 7 15/16 inches (15.1 x 20.1 cm), Image: 5 3/8 x 7 7/8 inches (13.6 x 20 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, lower center: "And there was a Captain stoode uppe after ye meeting was donne and asked mee where my Leather Britches was.? and I lett ye Man run | on awile and att last I helde uppe my Coate and saide 'Heere is my leather Britches which frightens all ye Priests and Professors."; lower right: "George Fox his Journal."
Signed in graphite, lower right: "Robert Spence"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania
- Copyright Status:
- © Estate of the Artist
- Accession Number:
- B2009.26.2
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- benches | breeches (trousers) | capes | chairs | coats | hats | historical subject | illustration | meeting | men | Quaker meeting house | Religious Society of Friends | staffs
- Associated People:
- Fox, George (1624–1691), a founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:61996
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
If you have information about this object that may be of assistance please contact us.