Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Make Hay While the Sun Shines

James Abbott Pasquier
active 1851-1872

Make Hay While the Sun Shines

1855
5 x 7 inches (126 x 178 mm); mounted on sheet: 13 15/16 x 10 3/16 inches (354 x 259 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash over graphite, on paper.
1986.2105:10

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Title from accompanying cover sheet.
Forms part of the portfolio of 11 drawings entitled, "Proverbs and Sayings Illustrated by Members of the Crayon Club", dated 1855 (see 1986.2105).
Inscriptions/Markings
Dated "1855", with the artist's monogram at lower left.
Summary

Drawing shows an old woman at right selling apples to school boys from a large basket; on the brick wall behind her a sign reads "To the School", and a group of boys at left are rushing to purchase the apple vendor's wares; one of them has tripped and lies on the ground, with his hat rolling into the foreground.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department