SPORTSMANS-HALL
Date1788
Artist/Maker
Patrick Purcell
Artist/Maker
Robert Sayer (1725-1794)
Artist/Maker
Junker
OriginEngland, London
MediumMezzotint engraving with line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 14 × 10in. (35.6 × 25.4cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1995-31
DescriptionLower margin: Junker Pinx.t/ Patrick Purcell Fecit/ SPORTSMANS-HALL./ Printed for Rob.t Sayer, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street."Label TextInterior scene with three men, one sits on a ladderback chair, smoking a pipe with a mug in his right hand, another sits at the end of a tavern table smoking a pipe, a mug sits on the table in front of the man; the other man sits in a matching rush-or woven bottom ladderback chair at the other end of the table, holding a pipe in his left hand and raising a mug to his lips with the right hand. A spotted dog lies at his feet. A gun and lighted candle are on the table; an almanac and print of a woman are nailed to the wall. A framed painting of two horses and riders also hangs on the wall. The room also has a fireplace which appears not have a fire lighted in it.ProvenanceBefore 1995, Baldwin's Book Barn (West Chester, PA); 1995-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
