Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809, British
Title:
Halfway House, Sadler's Wells
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache, watercolor, pen and black ink with varnish on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 11 inches (26.7 x 27.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, on mount, upper left: "62/5/26/13 | LGD"; in graphite, verso, lower left: "10"; in graphite, verso, lower center: "'A30 | Halfway House Saddler Wells"; in brown ink, verso, lower center: "body color drawing by 'Paul Sandby' | born in Nottingham in 1732. At the age of 14 he became a student | [...]"; in graphite, verso, lower right: "180"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5344
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | laundry | horse (animal) | dogs (animals) | landscape | ladder | halfway houses | bridge (built work) | house | trees
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)

English Drawings and Watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
Publications:
A loan exhibition of English drawings and watercolours from the collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon of Upperville, Virginia, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1964, no. 10, N5247.M385 L62 (YCBA)

An exhibition of English drawings and water colors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, February 18-April 1, 1962, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1962, p. 42, no. 74, NC228 U6 (YCBA) Copy 2 is on Mellon Shelf

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. 63, no. 70, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

The Art of Paul Sandby, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, 1985, pp. 84, 87, no. 111, NJ18 Sa56 R62 (YCBA)

Yale University Art Gallery, English drawings and watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, April 15-June 20,1965, , New Haven, 1965, no. 10, NC228 Y34 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14795