Watercolor and gouache with gum over graphite, with scratching out on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 × 20 1/2 inches (41.9 × 52.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.2005
Gallery Label:
In 1827 Lewis crossed the Alps into the Val d’Aosta, journeying on through northern Italy, and visiting Verona and Venice before returning home late in the year. His travels in Italy inspired a series of richly colored watercolors depicting the lives of simple peasants, often at their devotions. In this example workers pause from gathering grapes to join a seated Capuchin friar who leads them in reciting from his breviary. Gallery label for Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)