Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Title:
Paradise Lost Sketchbook
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in ink, outside front cover: "1 - June '93"; front inside cover: "Romney sale, 1894, #310."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1979.12.754
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sketchbook | literary theme | Paradise Lost (published 1667) by John Milton
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
Publications:
Yvonne Romney Dixon, Romney Sketchbooks in Public Collections, Transactions of the Romney Society, vol. 8, 2003, pp. 59-60, no. 56, NJ18 R65 T7 2003 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6346