Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Title:
Self-Portrait with Two Young Men
Date:
between 1730 and 1740
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 inches (21 × 27.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "by Zoffany"; in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Zoffany"; in graphite, center: "DA055 | Louise Phillippe Boitard fl 1735-1763 | c.1730-1740 | LGD"; on back in graphite lower right: "5[...]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1027
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
portrait
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Rococo - Art and Design in Hogarth's England (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1984-04-30 - 1984-12-07)

English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
Publications:
Ching-Jung Chen, Tea Parties in Early Georgian Conversation Pieces, British Art Journal, vol. 10, Spring / Summer 2009, pp. 35, 36, fig. 9, N6761 B74 OVERSIZE (YCBA) Also available online : ORBIS

Vic Gatrell, The first bohemians : life and art in London's golden age, , Allen Lane, London, 2013, pp. 149, 150, fig. 63, NX544.L6 G37 2013 (YCBA)

Joe Rock, Robert Gordon, silversmith and Richard Cooper, engraver, A glimpse into a Scottish atelier of the eighteenth century , Silver Studies, no. 19, Silver Society, 2005, fig. 7, https://sites.google.com/site/richardcooperengraver/home/robert-gordon-silversmith-and-richard-cooper-engraver
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12779