Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810, British, active in Italy (1773–77) and India (1785–87)
Title:
John Flaxman
Date:
1778
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 12 9/16 × 13 11/16 inches (31.9 × 34.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen, with brown ink, verso, lower center: "Flaxman Jun. Sculptor | [O:H: Jn.] 1778 - Londini-"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "D3442 | Ozias Humphry RA 1742-1810 | Portrait of John Flaxman RA | 1755-1826 | [Get] 22 or 25 | the DNB refers to his curly hair and | fine eyes | LGD"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5449
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
portrait
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art in Focus : John Flaxman Modeling Bust of William Hayley (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-02-04 - 2010-05-30)English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
Publications:
Lady Lever Art Gallery, British watercolours and drawings : Lord Leverhulme's collection in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, , Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2010, p. 119, N1455 A85 OVERSIZE (YCBA)Nadia Tscherny, George Romney : Flaxman modelling the bust of Hayley, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1985 ?, p. 7, no. 13, V 0101 (YCBA)