[Front and back of figure] [art original].

Description

Title: [Front and back of figure] [art original].
Creator: Shorthouse, J. H. (Joseph Henry), 1834-1903, artist
Published / Created: [1892?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Full-length depictions of a man in seventeenth-century dress, a feather in his hat, a sword at his side, holding a cane. The view of him from the back is drawn to the left of a wood-engraved image of Thomas Coryat's shoes, while the view of him from the front is drawn to the right. The Latin phrase "ad mortum est libi" is written in ink above
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Attribution to J.H. Shorthouse based on his ownership of the book and the presence of his initials "J.H.S" beneath the drawn frontispiece in the same volume.
Date of production from local card catalog record.
For the wood engraving on the same page as this drawing, see no. 78 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1.
Drawn on page opposite signature l3 in volume 1 of J.H. Shorthouse's copy of the 1776 reprint of Coryat's crudities.
Provenance: Formerly owned by J.H. Shorthouse, with his bookplate and autograph in the volumes. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Francis Edwards, August 1955.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 68 x 92 mm, on sheet 20.7 x 12.3 cm
Language: Latin

Genre: Ink drawings
Amateur works
Material: pen and brown ink ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 17th century
Shorthouse, J. H. (Joseph Henry), 1834-1903 > Ownership

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: J.H. Shorthouse, Front and Back of Figure. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.