Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964, British, We Went Back to Our Inn.., between 1890 and 1911
- Title:
- We Went Back to Our Inn...
- Part Of:
- Date:
- between 1890 and 1911
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and drypoint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (22.2 x 17.1 cm), Plate: 6 15/16 x 5 inches (17.7 x 12.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Illegible inscription in graphite, lower center
Lettered in black ink, lower center: "We went back to our Inn; where were two Desparate Fellowes fighting so furiously | that none durst come nigh them to part them. But I was moved in the Lord's | Power to go to them; and when I had loosed their Hands, I shewed them the Evil | of their doings, and reconciled them one to the other, that they were loving and very | thankful to me. | 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:
- B2009.26.1
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- fighting | hats | historical subject | illustration | men | Religious Society of Friends | swords | violence | woman
- Associated People:
- Fox, George (1624–1691), a founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:61969
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