Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822, British
Title:
A Kangaroo with three kangaroos in the background
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 8 1/2 inches (33.7 × 21.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "22"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.67
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
animal art | kangaroos
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Christopher Plumb, The Georgian menagerie : exotic animals in eighteenth-century London, I.B. Tauris, London, 2015, p. 113, fig. 4, QL73.G72 L667 2015
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:18260