Design for a decoration incorporating motifs allusive to the Arts, Arms, and Religion
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches (17.1 x 36.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper right: "P[eo]ple [fair] [of] | rich Habi[ts] of | several colours."; pen and brown ink, lower center to lower right: "Europe, Arms, Arts, Pallats & Pencils, | Harps, Scepters, Crowns, Cornucopias of Grain, & Grapes, red & white; | Temples, Musick,"; pen and brown ink, lower center: "Religion Arts & Arms."; in graphite, lower right: "[...] [Sr] James Thornhill"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection