Footnotes

• As published in Images of the Mind; the inscription reads:
  [Riding] a cantering donkey on a bride evokes poetic inspiration.
  If the inspiration is just right, than an excellent poem will result, almost without effort.
  Nevertheless this obstinate beast with intractable character makes me anxious.
  I must take care to prevent a fall,
  So how can I have time to concentrate on rhyming?
  
  Provenance:
  Edward Elliot Family Collection (L113.71)
  
  Published:
  Suzuki Kei, comp., Chugoku kaiga sogo zuroku: Daiikkan, Amerika-Kananda hen (Comprehensive illustrated catalogue of Chinese paintings: Volume 1, American and Canadian collections), (Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1982) p. 129, pl. A17-036.
  Wen Fong, Images of the Mind: Selections from the Edward L. Elliott Family and John B. Elliott Collections of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting at the Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, N.J.: Art Museum, Princeton University in association with Princeton University Press, 1984.) exh. cat., no. 63, p. 482.