Sepia drawing
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper & ink
Measurements
110 mm (H); 150 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286329.3
Summary
One of four sepia ink caricatures with inscriptions. Shows two men wrestling on the floor, inscribed; 'Bit him well old Lancashire/Beat and thump his ribs as if thoudst got a kettle drum/keep him down old Derbyshire and shake his headspiece till he turns dizzy.'
Marks and inscriptions
Bit him well old Lancashire/Beat and thump his ribs as if thoudst got a kettle drum/keep him down old Derbyshire and shake his headspiece till he turns dizzy. (inscribed)