Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886, British
Title:: Caravanserai at Mylasa in Asia Minor
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 8 3/8 × 12 inches (21.3 × 30.5 cm)
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1981.25.187
Gallery Label:: Dadd was at Mylasa with Sir Thomas Phillips at the beginning of October 1842, en route from Magnesia, in central Greece, to Halicarnassus (now Bodrum) in Turkey. This painting is the earliest known work that Dadd painted in Bethlem Hospital and was worked up from a drawing in the only sketchbook from his travels that he had retained. It depicts a caravan inn where travelers could rest and where merchandise was received. Gallery label for Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28)