Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Dr. Simpson Richmond Yorkshire.
Call Number
D North 53/GC112/Box 27/Normal/Drawings/Rothrock GA 2014.00755
Identifier
ark:/88435/mw22vd58w
Publisher
n.d.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1756-1899
Extent
1 item ; sheet 12.9 x 14.2 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Rothrock no. A41
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Pencil drawings, Pen-and-wash drawings on laid paper
Depiction: Fat man in chair drinks from jug.
Inscribed in pencil, upper left: "Drinking water is [illegible] for a fever".
Watermark [partial]: "Pro Patria".
Unsigned.
Richardson's parents lived in Richmond in the 1760's and his brother and sister were born there (See Payne & Payne 2010 p 11 and he made at least one visit in the 1780s (op cit p 100). The title on this small sketch may provide a clue to a lower righter drawing.

Discovery Information

Subject
Drinking—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Caricature
Overweight men—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/264a3cc9-7192-4835-bfc2-a592debf990d/manifest