"The Poacher's Progress:" Poachers Scuffling with the Constables in the Skittle Ground
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, watercolor, and varnish on very thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 11/16 × 17 5/8 inches (32.2 × 44.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "58 | 57"; inscribed in blue crayon, verso, center: "III"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.668
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
fighting | dogs (animals) | trees | structures | hunting | constables | men | hats | fences | sporting art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Robert Colls, This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 2020, p. 372, GV706.35 .C65 2020 (LC) YCBADudley Snelgrove, British Sporting and Animal Prints 1658-1874: A Catalogue, The Paul Mellon Collection , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1981, NE960.3 G7 B75 + Oversize (Mellon Shelf) (YCBA)