In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland 1735–1811
- Medium
- Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 127 x 203 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
- Reference
- T08317
Display caption
Like so many of Dance's comic drawings, the precise meaning of this satirical
sketch is unclear. A short monk, whose habit is hitched about his waist, stares
at an Italian sausage dangled before
his nose. This, combined with the monk's posture and the actions of the nun who holds his legs, suggests that a crude sexual joke is being made at his expense.
Gallery label, September 2004
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