Gay's Fables [School piece or Penmanship sheet]
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: John Gay|Joshua Brookes|John Farrell
Artist bio: British, Barnstaple, Devon 1685–1732|British, active 1783–86|British, active 1770–90
Artist role: Author|Calligrapher|Publisher
Artist nationality: British|British|British
Date: ca. 1783
Medium: Etching and engraving, partial hand-coloring and pen and ink inscriptions
Dimensions: Plate: 18 5/16 × 14 7/16 in. (46.5 × 36.7 cm)
Sheet: 19 3/4 × 15 1/4 in. (50.2 × 38.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1926
Accession year: 1926