Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844, British
Title:
Ferdinand Riding the Waves
Date:
ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gray wash and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 1/4 inches (24.8 × 18.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower right: "D 3502"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5291
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
costume | cape | doublet | hat | plumes | hose (hosiery) | figure study | horn (musical instrument) | sword | dagger | man | chess | hilt | literary theme | branch | waves (natural events) | shipwreck | plays by William Shakespeare | The Tempest, Act V, Scene I
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, Ltd., 1994-05-05 - 1994-06-01)

The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, 1994-06-11 - 1994-07-23)

Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
Publications:
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, p. 31, no. 86, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10275