Charles reveling at a masquerade [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 21.9 x 32 cm
- Notes:
- Title from pencil notation below title.
Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '8' 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 eighth 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 eighth drawing, Charles is dressed in costume at a crowded masquerade with other elaborately dressed party goers in an elegant ballroom. - Topics:
- Allegorical drawings.
Ballrooms.
Costumes.
Masquerades.
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. 8 Box D117
- Orbis Record:
- 12884588
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr34643
- Citation:
- Daniel Dodd, Charles Reveling at a Masquerade. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
- OID:
- 16731084
- PID:
- digcoll:4704435
