Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": Title page
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 5 11/16 inches (21.3 × 14.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "THE | JAUNTS AND JOLLITIES | OF THAT | RENOWNED SPORTING CITIZEN"; inscribed in graphite, center: "Mr. JOHN JORROCKS | of St. BOTOLPH LANE AND GREAT CORAM STREET"; inscribed in graphite, lower center: "HIGHLY ILLUSTRATED"; inscribed in graphite, verso, upper left: "1000.00 M" | L55.55"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "HRH. 10-30A."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.528
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
toasting glasses | title page | men | table | celebration | text | genre subject | drinking | illustration | literary theme
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Dudley Snelgrove, British Sporting and Animal Prints 1658-1874: A Catalogue, The Paul Mellon Collection , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1981, NE960.3 G7 B75 + Oversize (Mellon Shelf) (YCBA)