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Object Type
print
Museum number
2010,7081.1903
Title
Object:
The Jovial Toper
Description
Gluttony; a peasant man seated at a table with his head tilted to right, grinning and clutching a jug, pieces of bread lying on the table; after Adriaen Brouwer. Mezzotint
Producer name
Published by:
Carington Bowles
After:
Adriaen Brouwer
School/style
British
Dutch
Production date
1766-1799
(circa)
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
153 millimetres
Width:
114 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See the engraving in reverse direction by Lucas Vorsterman I after Brouwer, Gluttony from a set of the vices (Hollstein 123, or 117 after Brouwer). There is also a mezzotint version by Jan Gole, which may have been the basis for this (Hollstein 253)
Bibliographic references
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(undescribed)
Russell 1926 / English Mezzotint Portraits and their states: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezzotinto Portraits"
(undescribed)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(117)
(after Brouwer; cf.)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
eating/drinking
virtues and vices
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd
Funder name
With contribution from:
National Heritage Memorial Fund
With contribution from:
Art Fund
With contribution from:
British Museum Friends
With contribution from:
Friends of Prints and Drawings
With contribution from:
Mrs Charles Wrightsman
With contribution from:
Michael Marks Charitable Trust
Acquisition date
2010
Acquisition notes
Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
2010,7081.1903