The fox at the cupboard [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 204 x 282 mm, on sheet 227 x 289 mm

Related Links:

http://images.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneitemg.asp?itemid=lwlpr31017

Notes:

Title from caption in artist's hand written below image.
Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity.
Watermark on paper: J. Rump 1825.
Signed by the artist, lower left below image: "C.J. Grant."
Purchased from Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, November 2013.

Abstract:

A view of the interior of a cottage with an old woman asleep in a chair, her feet resting on a low footstool in front of open door (left); in her lap she holds an open book and a pair of spectacles. On the right, a boy in a smock stands on a stool in front of an open cupboard eating from a full bowl. Along the back wall is a pair of casement windows with a drop leaf table below and pictures on the wall to the left. A cat walks across the center of the scene looking up at the boy.

Topics:

Boys.
Cats.
Cupboards.
Dwellings.
Eating & drinking.
Interiors.
Sleeping.
Women.

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. 5 Box D123

Orbis Record:

11772406

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library
LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr31017

OID:

16893170

PID:

digcoll:4855772