Jack B. Yeats
, Irish, 1871-1957
Title
The trainer advertised for "two good seven stone lads"...DatePublished 31 January 1912
MediumInk and traces of graphite underdrawing on board
Dimensions
19 x 26.7 cm
Signedlower right (in ink, using the pseudonym): W BIRD
on verso (in ink): Jack B Yeats
Credit LinePurchased, 2004
Object numberNGI.2008.1.37
Inscriptionlower left (under illustration, in ink, with caption): The trainer advertised for "two good seven stone lads"/ So this old lady brought her nephew and asked the trainer/ if one very good lad weighing fourteen stone would do as wellon verso (in ink): Red Ford House/ Greystones/ County Wicklow/ Ireland
on verso (in graphite): 3 1/2 wide and initialled: FHT [F.H. Townsend]