Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848, British
Title:
Designs for Illustrations to Mozart's Operas
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink, gray wash, red chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 × 8 1/8 inches (15.9 × 20.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image in pen and gray ink, upper center: "LA CLEMENZA DI TITO | IDOMENEO | IL FLAUTO MAGICO | DON GIOVANNI | COSI FAN TU | FIGARO"; center left: "SONATE | SINFONIE | QUARTETTI | REQUIEM"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1979.12.926
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
allegorical | figures | monument | architectural subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31)
Publications:
Timothy J. Barringer, Art & music in Britain : four encounters, 1730-1900 (exhibition and label text), , New Haven, 2006, [p. 51], V 1699:1 (YCBA)

Timothy J. Barringer, Art & music in Britain : four encounters, 1730-1900, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2006, pp. 16, 22, V 1699 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:19589