Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Thomas Ryley, active ca.1744–1754
Title:
Women and Wine
Date:
ca. 1749
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 15 inches (27.8 × 38.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Behold the Emblem of a thoughtless Rake | With Pocketts full, but with an Empty Pate; | Mark all intent to Bilky's Am'rous Fool."; lettered, lower right: "And make his Pocketts, empty as his Scull; | The empty Bottles cast upon the Floor, | Explain his Fate when he can yeild no more."; lettered, lower center: "Women & Wine | Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Corn'hil."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.1133
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22978