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unknown artist, Tom Thumb at Bay, undated
- Title:
Tom Thumb at Bay
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 3/8 × 13 1/2 inches (28.9 × 34.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Co Estates [...]"; in pen and brown ink, upper right: "Than tis to Heaven | now we shall be able | to throw off our yoke"; in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Which way shall I escape ? | If I fly from the Bear, | and the Eagle - I fall | into the jaws of the Lion!"; in pen and brown ink, lower center: "Tom Thumb at Bay. | or | The Sovereigns of the Forest. Roused at last!"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.14.2
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bear | eagle (bird) | forest | genre subject | genre subject | lion | sovereigns (rulers)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:17613
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