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
- Notes:
- Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity.
Purchased from Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, November 2013.
Signed by the artist, lower left below image: "C.J. Grant."
Title from caption in artist's hand written below image.
Watermark on paper: J. Rump 1825. - 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
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr31017
- OID:
- 16893203
- PID:
- digcoll:4855813
