Two undated crayon drawings by Don Freeman of African American artist Beauford Delaney. Each is signed "DF" at lower right and mounted on a sheet of blue paper. One drawing portrays Delaney seated at a table with a coffee cup and pot; the other is a bust-length portrait
Description:
Don Freeman (1908-1978), New York illustrator., Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), New York artist., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979 and Freeman, Don, 1908-1978.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, Artists, and Illustrators
Design consists of 4 strips of figures engaged in various activities. Row 1: A dairy maid milking a cow; a mother and child beside a crib; a couple conversing; a musician with flute and drum; two women and a man around a tea table with a maid making tea. Row 2: A couple conversing; a man in stocks getting whipped; a woman with a basket on her head behind a lady with a fan; a boy with a book beside a cobbler, a dog at his feet; a hunter on horseback with a hunting dog. Row 3: An artist painting a portrait of a woman; an old woman seated with a boy at her feet, learning to read; two men; a man with a horn and dancing dog; a Scot in tartan looking at a woman with a yoke on her shoulders support two pails. Row 4: A trainer with a performing bear and dog; a vendor with an urn; a woman with a cart of apples; a boy with a toy hoop; a woman feeding her hogs and piglet as a boy looks on.
Description:
Title devised by curator., Imprint burnished from plate., Dated by costume., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Vryheyt.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Occupations, Trainged animals, and Stocks (Punishment).
Portrait of Anthonis Mor (ca. 1517-1576 or 7), portrait painter, born in Utrecht, Netherlands. He worked in London from 1553 until 1555 in the service of Prince Philip (later Philip II of Spain) until 1555. In addition to the portraits of members of the English court, he also portrayed élite merchants and financiers
Alternative Title:
Sir Antonio More and Anthonis Mor
Description:
Title from print based on this drawing, in Anecdotes of painting in England., Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v.1, opp. p. 122., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Title supplied by curator., Carlo Losi was active in Rome., Date from item., In image bottom: Tyrones picturae Hbmo. et Exmo. Dno Iacobo Boncompagno Arcis Praefecto, ingenior(um) ac industriae fautori, Artiu(m) nobiliu(m) praxim, a lo Strade(n)si Belga artificiose expressa., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Anatomy for artists.
Publisher:
Apud Carolus Losi
Subject (Name):
Boncompagni, Giacomo, 1548-1612,
Subject (Topic):
Anatomy, Artistic, Human anatomy, Human dissection, Art, Study and teaching, Students, Artists, Sculpture, Paintings, and Dead persons
Title from later impression with title and Hogarth's name added., After the design engraved on the tankard belonging to the Clare Market Artists Club which included William Hogarth., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 77., Copy after Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (2nd ed.), no. 6., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Title added in pencil below: Silver tankard.
Title from later impression with title and Hogarth's name added., After the design engraved on the tankard belonging to the Clare Market Artists Club which included William Hogarth., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 77., Copy after Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (2nd ed.), no. 6., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., With Steevens's ms. note in ink below image: Tankard., With ms. note in pencil: Sold at Gulstons sale for £10.0.0., Printmaker's name erased from this impression., and On page 3 in volume 1. Sheet 12.4 x 17.6 cm.
