[Charles gambles away his fortune] [art original] / Dodd.
- Creator:
- Dodd, Daniel, artist.
- Copyright Date:
- [between 1752 and 1793]
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : pencil, pen and gray ink, and gray wash on laid paper mounted on brown paper ; sheet 17.3 x 28 cm, mounted to 21.8 x 32 cm
- Notes:
- Title devised by cataloger.
Text in faint pencil below image: Charles [illegible text].
Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '6' in ink in the upper right.
Date range based on artist's active dates.
Sold at Christie's, 5 July 2016, Sale 11787, Lot 73, to Andrew Edmunds for The Lewis Walpole Library. - Abstract:
- The sixth drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute.
In this sixth drawing, on the left three men play at dice. The man seated at the table (left) and the man standing with his back to the wall both have piles of coins in front of them. Charles with a worried look stands at the table as he throws the dice. Another pair of men play cards at the table on the right. On the walls are pictures of a ship on a river along the shore with a castle, a painting of a race horse, and pastoral scene - Topics:
- Allegorical drawings.
Card games.
Gambling.
Parables. - Topics:
- Dodd, Daniel, artist. Progress of modern morals.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Ink drawings--British--18th century.
Pencil works--British--18th century.
Wash drawings--British--18th century. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Paintings & Drawings
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- Drawings D639 no. 6 Box D117
- Orbis Record:
- 12884465
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr34641
- Citation:
- Daniel Dodd, Charles Gambles Away His Fortune. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
- OID:
- 16731082
- PID:
- digcoll:4704428
