Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Northcote, 1746–1831, British
Title:
Study for Burying the Royal Children
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 x 11 1/4 inches (43.2 x 28.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in red chalk, upper left: "No. 13 | [...] "
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.5.4
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
dead | burial | hands | literary theme | men | princes | children | royal | towers | stairs | spikes | Richard III, play by William Shakespeare
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)

Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
Publications:
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, p. 36, no, 95, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 174-175, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

Mark (Andrew Mark), Ledbury, James Northcote, history painting, and the Fables, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2014, pp. 722-73, fig. 64, NJ18.N79 L43 2014 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11200