Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848, British, View at Chelsea of the Annual Sculling Race for Doggett's Coat and Badge, undated
- Title:
- View at Chelsea of the Annual Sculling Race for Doggett's Coat and Badge
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 15/16 × 16 5/8 inches (27.8 × 42.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "View at Chelsea on the 1st of August"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "03443"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "9 78 | 36"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "E.F. Burney | View of Chelsea on the 1st of august | Race for Doggett's Coach & Badge | from an old portfolio of E. F. Burney's drawings"
Watermark: Whatman
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.695
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- badge | boats | bridge (built work) | buildings | coat | crowd | landscape | men | people | race (event) | sculling | sporting art | trees | wall | water | women
- Associated Places:
- Chelsea | England | Europe | Greater London | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:47336
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Robert Colls, This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 2020, pp. 122, 369, GV706.35 .C65 2020 (LC) YCBA [ORBIS]
Justin Lovill, 1776 : A London Chronicle or How to Divert Oneself while Losing an Empire, The Bunbury Press, London, 2019, p. 19, DA682 .L66 2019 (LC) (YCBA) [YCBA]
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