Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Richard Westall, 1765–1836, British
Title:
Conversation on a Country Road
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches (18.1 x 23.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in brown ink, lower left: "RW. 1799"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5185
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
trees | travel | men | road | breeches (trousers) | vest | landscape | genre subject | cows | dog (animal) | donkeys | resting
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 102, no. 164, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14681