Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809, British
Title:
My Pretty Little Ginny Tarters for a Ha'penny a Stick or a Penny a Stick, or a Stick to Beat Your Wives or Dust Your Clothes
Date:
ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink , black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches (19.7 x 16.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink and graphite, lower left:"My pretty little Gimy Tarters for a ha penny a stick or a peny a stick or a stick to beat your Wives or Dust your Clothes"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.203
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
dust | clothes | doorway | stick | whip | penny | man | beggars | scissors | woman | wives | genre subject | cries
Associated Places:
Europe | England | United Kingdom | London
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)

Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, 2009-07-25 - 2009-10-18)

Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (National Gallery of Scotland, 2009-11-07 - 2010-02-07)

Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (Royal Academy of Arts, 2010-03-13 - 2010-06-13)

The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
Publications:
Stephen Daniels, Paul Sandby, picturing Britain , Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2009, p. 137, cat. 37, NJ18 Sa56 P3 2009 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)

The Art of Paul Sandby, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, 1985, 47, 49, no. 54, NJ18 Sa56 R62 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12152