Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
unknown artist

Formerly attributed to William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Title:
Study of a Girl's Head
Date:
ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (29.2 x 24.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.348
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
curls | flowers (plants) | white (color) | pink (color) | blue | child | girl | portrait
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
William Hogarth - A Selection of Painting from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (National Gallery of Art, 1971-02-12 - 1971-05-30)

Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 122-123, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

Elizabeth Einberg, William Hogarth : A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, New Haven, London, 2016, p. 371, cat. 251, NJ18 H67 +E36 2016 Oversize (YCBA)

William Rummel Francis, William Hogarth : A Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Prints at the Virginia Museum, , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA., January 30-March 5, 1967, p. 23, no. 22, NJ18 H67 +F72 1967 Oversize (YCBA)

Genius Defined, Time, vol. 82, no.. 1, July 5, 1963, p. 59, V 2333 (YCBA) Hard Copy also available at SML - AP2 T55 +

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 111 (v.1), no. 212, pl. 111, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, pp. 35 (v.1), 33 (v. 2), no. 118, N5220.M45 R69 1964 (YCBA)

Basil Taylor, The Intimate English Portrait, Apollo, v. 77, no. 14, April, 1963, pp. 270,272, fig. 1, N1 A54 + (YCBA) Another Copy also available in Vertical File : V 1168

Yale University Art Gallery, Painting in England, 1700-1850, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon : [exhibition at] Yale University Art Gallery, April 15-June 20, 1965, , vol. 1, W. Clowes and sons, New Haven, 1965, p. 33 (v.1), no. 112, pl. 33, ND466 Y35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:839