[Good news] [art original].

Description

Title: [Good news] [art original].
Published / Created: [1791?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A watercolor depicting a group of five men in a pub or alehouse, four of whom are sitting at a table on high back benches; each has a tankard in front of him. They laugh in response to one of their number reading from a newspaper "County Chronicle."
Description: Title devised by curator.
Date from unverified data from local card catalog record.
Cf. Lewis Walpole Library Drawings Un58 no. 60 for a watercolor, probably from the same artist, that continues the 'news' theme.
Provenance: From Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. iv.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 17.1 x 23 cm, on sheet 18.2 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor watercolor and pen and black ink ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Subject (Topic): Newspapers
Laughter
Smiling
Taverns (Inns)
Drinking vessels
Subjects: Newspapers > England
Laughter
Smiling
Taverns (Inns) > England
Drinking vessels
British > 18th century

Access: Public
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Citation: Good News. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.