The old mans folly [art original].

Published/Created:

[England]
[1810?]

Physical Description:

1 drawing : watercolor, ink, and graphite pencil on wove paper, mounted on laid paper ; image 29 x 14.7 cm, mounted on sheet 40 x 25 cm

Notes:

Title written in ink below image.
Attributed to William Heath by curator.
William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. 4.

Abstract:

A caricature showing a couple full-length as they dance. The older man with a very large and balding forehead holds the arm of a young girl; both are standing on their toes. She is holding a fan and looking away from the man.

Associated Names:

Heath, William, 1795-1840 [Artist]

Topics:

Couples
Courtship
Dance

Language:

English

Genre:

Ink drawings -- British -- 19th century
Watercolors -- British -- 19th century

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

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 H437 no. 4 Box D125

Orbis Record:

8335458

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr11232

Citation:

William Heath, The Old Mans Folly. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10964636

PID:

digcoll:974069