Miss Peagreen's Papa & Mama Walking in the Public Walks at a Bathing Place
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, laid paper mounted to moderately thick, moderately textured, laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 7 3/8 inches (22.9 × 18.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower edge: "Miss Peagreen's Papa & Mama walking in the | Public walks at a Bathing place"; in graphite, verso, upper edge:" All Ladies in all lands/Have twenty nails, on each hand/Five[?] and twenty on hands & feet, | All this is done without deceit. decei-"; in graphite, verso, same hand, center: "I came into the World without a skin/I go out singing & never am seen."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4996
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
obese | public bath | trees | horticulture | father | mother | leisure | genre subject | fence | hats