Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in pen and grey ink, upper centre: "Doctor O Meary wishing to be made | a Bishop applied to Mrs. Clarke in | hopes her influence with the Duke of York - | to obtain leave to preach before Royalty - | his Sermon was well | received, but unfortunately | for him his Name beginning with the Letter O - | stopt his preferment -", in pen and grey ink, lower left: "1809 March", in ink lower right "TEL" stamp, in graphite, verso, centre left: "Rowlandson"; in graphite, verso, centre: "x6", in graphite, verso, lower leftl: [numbers and symbols].
Descriptive Medium
Watercolour over graphite with pen and dark gray ink
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
England
Country
England
Tags
Category
People & Society
