[Charles spends his fortune] [art original] / Dodd.
- Creator:
- Dodd, Daniel, artist.
- Copyright Date:
- [between 1752 and 1793]
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawings : pencil, pen and gray ink, and gray wash on laid paper mounted on brown paper ; sheet 17.2 x 28 cm, mounted to 22 x 32 cm
- Notes:
- Title devised by cataloger.
Text in faint pencil below image: Charles [illegible text].
Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '2' 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 second drawing in a series of twelve 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 second drawing, Charles stands in an elegant room as he is measured for new cloths by a tailor who kneels to his right with a tape measure raised to Charles's leg; on the floor at his feet is a bolt of fabric and a scissors. Behind them on the right, a servant holds up a large silver urn for Charles's approval; it is reflected in the large Venetian mirror on the wall behind. On the left, two servants hang a second mirror of the same design. On the left, a woman in a large hat sits in an chair beside a round tea table holding another bolt of fabric; a little dog jumps toward Charles. She sits in front of a large window through which is seen a elegant square with an equestrian statue. - Topics:
- Couples.
Dogs.
Equestrian statues.
Mirrors.
Parables.
Parlors.
Plazas.
Scissors & shears.
Tailors.
Wealth. - Topics:
- Dodd, Daniel, artist. Progress of modern morals.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Allegorical drawings.
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. 2 Box D117
- Orbis Record:
- 12883968
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr34637
- Citation:
- Daniel Dodd, Charles Spends His Fortune. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
- OID:
- 16731078
- PID:
- digcoll:4704437
