Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/2 × 19 1/8 inches (39.4 × 48.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Multiple inscriptions in black ink throughout image; inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Scene 4th"; in black ink, lower center: "Oh Conscience, arm'd with more than mortal pow'r | To raise the dead and vex the midnight hour, | Fearless, to meet the ambusht Wolf I dare, | But thy terrifick Visions_who can bear?!"; in graphite, on mount, lower right: "L VASLET 88"; on back, center: "VASLET, LEWIS | The Spoiled Child, Scene IV | one of a set of six"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4344
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
holding | lust | embrace | escape | potion | wolf | sleeping | ghost | lamb | bat (animal) | cat (domestic cat) | moon | letters | genre subject | nightgown | dress | coat | top hat | candle | chairs | bed (furniture) | tables | cupboard | miniature (painting) | bust | sword | pitcher | ink bottle | knapsack | window | blood | canopy | bedroom | door | interior | satire | night | humor | gesture | love | sex | fear | morality | romance | mother | daughter | lovers | man | women | quill | drug