Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811, British, Ma'm Vandercrout and Suitors, undated
- Title:
- Ma'm Vandercrout and Suitors
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 1/2 x 9 1/2in. (21.6 x 24.1cm), Sheet: 8 1/2 × 9 3/8 inches (21.6 × 23.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered extensively in pen and black ink, lower center, beginning: "MA'M VANDERCROUT | Mam Vandercrout her weeds quite new | Fifty and richer than a Jew | With voice of raven and an eye | Might with the coddled gooseberry vie | Fair as bull beef and then a form | Lovely as porpoise in a storm | A ton of flesh with gold hoops bound | Just four feet high and six feet round..."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5238
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- caricature | gentlemen | obese | paintings | vulture | woman
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8604
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