Caricature of a Shooting Subject: 1st September, Evening (Primary Title)

Henry Heath, English, active 1850 (Artist)

ca. 1850
English
Works On Paper
Drawings
pen and ink, watercolor, and gouache on heavy grey wove paper
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 6 7/16 in. (23.02 × 16.35 cm)
Mount: 12 1/16 × 9 1/2 in. (30.64 × 24.13 cm)
Mat: 19 × 12 1/2 in. (48.26 × 31.75 cm)
85.977.3
Not on view
Signed in ink lower right: Heath
Inscribed in blue ink above image: "1st September- Evening/ Arnt we fortunate we got this here umbrella..." (?) Inscribed in black ink beneath image: "There goes my other show: that's pleasant!/ Never mind your show. What a capital job we've got this Umbrella.." [trimmed]
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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