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"
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:
frontispiece (illustration) | bookplate | animal art | boar