Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John James Chalon, 1778–1854, French, active in Britain
Title:
Music: Composition in a Garden
Date:
ca. 1832
Materials & Techniques:
Brown and gray wash, graphite on textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 17 5/8 inches (32.4 × 44.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on mount, bottom center: "MUSIC | Sketched at a Meeting of a Society for the Practice of Design"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1899
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13062