ca. 1802
Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Multiple inscriptions throughout image, including upper center, in left oval: "Psalm 51 | Have Mercy on | Me O GOD | After The Great | GOODNESS | S. T."; in right oval: "FOR I | Confessing Fault | And My SIN | IS EVER | BEFORE ME | S. T."; in black ink, lower center: "The Spoil\'d CHILD Scene VI. | From hence let proud rebellious Children know | What ills from fillial disobediene How, | And let fond parents hence due warning take, | And make the Rod co\'partner with the cake. | Finis"; in graphite, on mount, lower right: "L VASLET 86"; on back of mount, center: "VASLET, LEWIS | The Spoiled Child, Scene VI | one of a set of six"
Descriptive Medium
Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
England
Country
England
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
People & Society
