Objectnummer
TN.2008.1801
Titel
Youth playing at nine-pins
Datum
1740-04-21 - 1740-04-21
Vervaardiger
Materiaal
Omvang
w x ht: 38.5 x 48.5 cm
Beschrijving
Monochrome/ Placard with drawings of youngster's activities. Bottom right a man holding his hand out with another lying on the ground shielding his eyes. A bright light is coming from the city walls behind. Top centre some boys playing 9 pins. Bottom left women drinking tea round a table. Middle right, a boy rolling a hoop, above a bird cage, above men pulling a carriage with girl and woman. Middle left two boys playing with a spinning top, next up a bird in a hoop, above boys picking fruit from a tree.
DRAFT ENTRIES BY JILL SHEFRIN FOR THE SIX WRITING BLANKS/SCHOOL PIECES HELD BY THE MCC MUSEUM (TEXT © JILL SHEFRIN 2022):
YOUTH PLAYING AT NINE-PINS. Published April 21st 1740. According to Act of Parliament. Sold by J. Cole Engraver at the Crown in Great Kirby Street Hatton Garden. [MCC TN.2008.1801
Sheet (48. 5 × 38.5 cm.) printed from a copperplate. Series no.: 72.
Seven captioned images illustrate juvenile pastimes. At head of sheet: “Youth playing at Nine-pins;” at left: “Playing at Bobb Cherry;” “Whipping a Top;” at right: “Youth drawn in a Chair; “Trundling a Hoop;” at foot: “Drinking of Tea;” “Fire-works.” Signature space delineated by ___.
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