Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804, British, The Artist's Bookplate and Pen Inscription from a Drawing Album, between 1745 and 1748
- Title:
- The Artist's Bookplate and Pen Inscription from a Drawing Album
- Date:
- between 1745 and 1748
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching (bookplate) with pen and brown ink (attached inscription) on thin, slightly textured, white wove paper (bookplate) and thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper (attached inscription)
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 3 1/4 x 2 5/16 inches (8.3 x 5.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, within image (bookplate), upper center: "30"; within image (attached inscription), lower center: "drawings | between | 1748 c 1748"
Lettered in black ink, within image (bookplate), center, in banner: "William Gilpin"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.2011
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | boar | bookplate | frontispiece (illustration)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7632
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