James Seymour, 1702–1752, British, Sketches of a Hare, Horse, Stag, Man and Woman, undated
- Title:
- Sketches of a Hare, Horse, Stag, Man and Woman
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 11 1/4 × 9 11/16 inches (28.6 × 24.6 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 10 5/16 × 8 9/16 inches (26.2 × 21.7 cm), Sheet: 9 13/16 × 8 1/16 inches (24.9 × 20.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with brown ink, upper center: "The best Manners is to give the least trouble | & not to be too Ceremonious"; inscribed in pen with brown ink, center right: "[illegible?]"inscribed in pen with brown ink, verso, lower left: "6:8 | 6:8 | 13:4; inscribed in pen with brown ink, verso, center left: "13:10:0 | 9:16:0 | 3:13:4 | 9:16:0 | 13:10:0; inscribed in pen with brown ink, verso, center left: :13:10 | 9:; inscribed in pen with brown ink, verso, upper left: "13:4 | 9:18:8"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.1182
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | figure study | genre subject | hare | horse (animal) | man | profile (orthographic drawing) | sketches | stag | woman
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:47410
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Richard Wills, James Seymour, 1701-1752, London, 2023, p.365, NJ18 .Se95 W55 2023 (YCBA) Oversize [YCBA]
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