For Mercy's Sake Do Not Tempt Me

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Henry Marriott Paget

Title

For Mercy's Sake Do Not Tempt Me

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1906

Medium

Gouache, with brush and black wash, over graphite, on ivory board

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower left, below image, in graphite: "sake do not tempt me"

Dimensions

26.8 × 29.9 cm (10 9/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.1507

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