Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Title:
Howard Visiting a Prison
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 x 21 inches (35.6 x 53.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "145"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1979.12.666
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
correctional institution | figure study | nudes | historical subject | prison | cloth | women | men
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
Publications:
Suzanne E. May, " Sublime and infernal reveries " : George Romney and the creation of an eighteenth-century history painter, Thesis (Ph.D.) -- John Moores University, Liverpool, 2007 , British Thesis Service, Boston Spa, Wetherby, April 2007, v.1, p. 112, v.2, fig. 104, NJ18.R65 M39 2007A OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Smith College Museum of Art, The drawings of George Romney ; an exhibition held from May to September 1962 at the Smith College Museum of Art , Northampton, Mass., Northampton, MA, 1962, cat. no. 81, NJ18 R65 S46
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6796