Gouache, watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Frame: 8 x 6 7/8 x 5/8 inches (20.3 x 17.5 x 1.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in artist's hand in graphite lower: "G.C. | 1812"; inscribed on back of frame in pen and brown ink lower center: "John Lyon | born 1788-died 1858 unmarried | (eldest son of David Lyon Esq. of | Portland Place and Jamaica) | Portrait by Cosway | WFHL."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1974.2.8
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
man | portrait | book
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Patrick Noon, English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures, Yale Center for British Art, 1979, no. 185, NC772 N66+ (Wall Shelf) (YCBA)