Letter to Rev. Richard Burney with drawing of Colossal Head from British Museum Courtyard
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (16.5 × 21 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, upper right: "See Bebgone. | Page 184. | The sketch on | This paper was | made in The | front court of | The Brit. Museum | while the dol of. | Sal head stood | There, irrevious | to its removal | into the house." Inscribed in brown ink, center: "THe Rev_ Richard Burney"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, B.A. 1905