Two gentlemen at a tavern: vignette for a book illustration
Drawing
18th century (made)
18th century (made)
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In a cartouche with drinking glasses and poles hung with smoked fish, two well-dressed gentlemen in tricorne hats sit drinking beer outside a tavern on a cobbled street. A horse and cart are tethered to their left. On their right are three more patrons, and in the centre background a woman (barmaid?) emerges from the door of a building with leaded windows.
Object details
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| Title | Two gentlemen at a tavern: vignette for a book illustration (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and black ink, with grey wash, over graphite; traces of framing line in graphite. |
| Brief description | Print/Drawing, Two gentlemen at a tavern: vignette for a book illustration, Jacobus van der Schley (ascribed to), Dutch School, 18th century |
| Physical description | In a cartouche with drinking glasses and poles hung with smoked fish, two well-dressed gentlemen in tricorne hats sit drinking beer outside a tavern on a cobbled street. A horse and cart are tethered to their left. On their right are three more patrons, and in the centre background a woman (barmaid?) emerges from the door of a building with leaded windows. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Numbered at lower right, in pale brown ink, 5. |
| Object history | Edwin Parsons (dealer), London; from whom purchased (with cat. nos. 182–8 and 190) by the museum (dry stamp version of L. 1958), 15 November 1889 for £2. 2s. 0d. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, Vol. 1, Cat. 189, illustrated. pg. 235 |
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| Accession number | D.1959-1889 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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