Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Title:
George Taylor's Epitaph: Death Giving George Taylor a Cross Buttock
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 1/2 inches (22.5 x 31.8 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1256
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
epitaphs | boots | breeches (trousers) | stockings | skeleton | deaths | religious and mythological subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Ingenious Machine of Nature - Four Centuries of Art and Anatomy (National Gallery of Canada, 1996-10-31 - )

The Ingenious Machine of Nature - Four Centuries of Art and Anatomy (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1997 - 1997)

The Ingenious Machine of Nature - Four Centuries of Art and Anatomy (Vancouver Art Gallery, 1997 - 1997-06-15)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9855