Quite politely [art original] / C.J. Grant.
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist.
- Published/Created:
- [England]
[between 1830 and 1852] - Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : ink and gray wash on laid paper ; image 223 x 315 mm, on sheet 246 x 322 mm
- Notes:
- Title from caption written below image in artist's hand, with the words trimmed along the lower edges with loss of the descenders.
Signed by the artist in lower left below image: "C.J. Grant."
Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity.
Purchased from Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, November 2013. - Abstract:
- A gentleman in a riding habit (left) rides his horse through the door of a cottage startling the family who sit at their dinner table. The man's hunting dog jumps at the young son who sits closest to the door; he screams in terror, his fork and knife frozen part way to his mouth and his leg thrown up, spilling a pitcher from the table. The mother raises up her arms in terror, letting the cutlery fly; in her mouth is a gnawed bone. Behind her is a wall with shelves lined with dishes and mugs. Her husband (right), back to the viewer, turns to the intruder pointing a long spear. His knife and fork are on the floor below his chair. The gentleman addresses the cottagers, "Och, dont disturb y'rselves my Nonies I only want to know whether you cou'd be after informing me where I cou'd meet with a decent night's lodging for man and beast."
- Topics:
- Dwellings.
Eating & drinking.
Families.
Horseback riding.
Hunting dogs.
Interiors. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Ink drawings--British--19th century.
Satires (Visual works)--England--19th century.
Wash drawings--British--19th century.
Watermarks (Paper)--J. Rump--1825. - 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 G761 no. 6 Box D123
- Orbis Record:
- 11772198
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings - Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr30974
- OID:
- 16893166
- PID:
- digcoll:4855793
