Genre: figure study / Associated Places: Tenerife / Subject Terms: genre subject

1. Peasant of Miradero, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: between 1823 and 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 1/8 inches (22.5 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Charcoal seller, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 1/8 inches (22.5 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Nun of the Order of Santa Clara

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 5 5/8 inches (23.5 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Ladies' Church dress

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 inches (23.2 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Girl from Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 inches (21.3 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Man of El Miradero

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 6 1/2 inches (20.3 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Dominican Friar

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 inches (23.8 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Franciscan Friar

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Member of the Brotherhood El Gran Poder de Dios

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 3/8 inches (23.5 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Parish Priest

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 3/8 inches (21.9 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Grand Canary-Man on a Donkey

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Manner of carrying children

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 5 7/8 inches (22.9 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Man and woman of Chasna-Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 7 1/2 inches (22.9 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Peasants of Chasna, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Tenerife-Women of Candelaria

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (23.8 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Native of Tacocronte, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (24.1 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Man standing on seashore - Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: after 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Peasant Woman with Staff, La Palma

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/8 inches (24.4 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Peasant woman with basket on her head - La Palma, 1828

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 5 7/8 inches (20.3 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Huckster of Port Orotava, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 3/8 inches (21.3 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Female huckster of Port Orotava

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/4 inches (24.4 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Charcoal Seller, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 5/8 inches (24.8 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Tenerife-Man of Tacoronte

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 inches (24.1 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Peasants of Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 1/8 inches (21.9 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Peasants of Ycod el alto, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/8 inches (23.8 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Hand-mill for grinding Gofio, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 5/8 inches (21.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Barandilles, a woman on a donkey

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 1/8 inches (23.5 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Woman of Victoria, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 3/8 inches (23.2 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Peasant of Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 1/2 inches (21.9 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Peasant of Miradero, Tenerife

2. Charcoal seller, Tenerife

3. Nun of the Order of Santa Clara

4. Ladies' Church dress

5. Girl from Hierro

6. Man of El Miradero

7. Dominican Friar

8. Franciscan Friar

9. Member of the Brotherhood El Gran Poder de Dios

10. Parish Priest

11. Grand Canary-Man on a Donkey

12. Manner of carrying children

13. Man and woman of Chasna-Tenerife

14. Peasants of Chasna, Tenerife

15. Tenerife-Women of Candelaria

16. Native of Tacocronte, Tenerife

17. Man standing on seashore - Hierro

18. Peasant Woman with Staff, La Palma

19. Peasant woman with basket on her head - La Palma, 1828

20. Huckster of Port Orotava, Tenerife

21. Female huckster of Port Orotava

22. Charcoal Seller, Tenerife

23. Tenerife-Man of Tacoronte

24. Peasants of Hierro

25. Peasants of Ycod el alto, Tenerife

26. Hand-mill for grinding Gofio, Tenerife

27. Barandilles, a woman on a donkey

28. Woman of Victoria, Tenerife

29. Peasant of Hierro