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Robert Dighton, 1752–1814, British, Coits Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common, ca. 1784
- Title:
Coits Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common
- Additional Title(s):
Games played in and around London
- Date:
- ca. 1784
- Medium:
- Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm), Frame: 7 11/16 × 9 1/4 × 5/16 inches (19.6 × 23.5 × 0.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and ink, lower center: "<Quoits> Coits Played opposite the Horns Kennington Common"; label on the back of the frame giving the artist name, title, medium, dimensions and states "John Basket (Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York | Dec. 4) 1975 | The Property of the estate of the late Mrs. Chas. | E. Dunlap (sold by order of the executors), Sotheby | Parke Bernet, N.Y., 12/4/75 (342 with other five)"
Lettered center left within image: "Bowling Green" | Stratham and Croydon" | "Southwark" | "London Bridge"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2014.5.48
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bowling | dice games | genre subject | leisure | pipe | quoits | sporting art
- Associated Places:
- Croydon | England | Europe | Kennington | London | London Bridge | Southwark | Southwark | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:54350
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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