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The Artist's Bookplate and Pen Inscription from a Drawing Album

William Gilpinbetween 1745 and 1748

Yale Center for British Art

Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, CT, United States

  • Title: The Artist's Bookplate and Pen Inscription from a Drawing Album
  • Creator: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804, British
  • Creator Lifespan: 1724/1804
  • Creator Nationality: British
  • Creator Gender: male
  • Date Created: between 1745 and 1748
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/4 x 2 5/16 inches (8.3 x 5.9 cm)
  • Subject Keywords: bookplate, animal art, boar, frontispiece (illustration)
  • External Link: See this work of art on the Yale Center for British Art website
  • Medium: Etching (bookplate) with pen and brown ink (attached inscription) on thin, slightly textured, white wove paper (bookplate) and thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper (attached inscription)
  • Repository Name: Yale Center for British Art
  • Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Yale Center for British Art

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