The North Country Mails at The Peacock Inn, Islington
Date:
1815
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 18 7/8 inches (28.3 x 47.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with brown in, upper left: "Leeds Chester | Gladcow [Glasgow] Hollyhead & Chester | Manchester | Liverpool | Biermingham", inscribed in pen with brown ink, center, from Left to right: "LOVE CO W OHANDLER CHEESMONCER. TOOD. DEALER IN FOREI[?] SPIRITS AND WINES CHAPMAN YOUN[G?] | OIL AND ITALION WAREHOUSE"; inscribed in pen with brown ink, bottom center: "Jew Man with Oranges"; inscribed in pen with brown ink, lower left to right: "for a large Picture 8 feet by 5 feet | J Pollard's original design of the North Country Mails at the Peacock Inn, Islington, Exhibited at Somerset House...1815 and engraved-"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.1101
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
cityscapes | luggage | drinking glasses | coaches (carriages) | horns | carriages | whips (animal equipment) | baskets | bonnets (hats) | lampposts | inn | harnesses | hats | scarves (costume accessories) | coats | mail advertising USE advertising+direct mail | women | galloping | children | men | buildings | rooftops | dust | store fronts | signage | windows | doorways | wheels | chimneys (architectural elements) | reins | donkey | crowd | riding crop | oranges | horses (animals) | dog (animal) | drinking | architectural subject