- Creator:
- Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847, British
- Title:
- Gil Blas, While Practising Medicine under Dr. Sangrado, Encounters Dr. Cuchillo at the Bedside of the Grocer
- Date:
- between 1820 and 1822
- Materials & Techniques:
- Brown wash and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 x 15 1/2 inches (33 x 39.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower right: "J. Cristall"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.4314
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- literary theme | illness | illustration | women | men | chairs | stools | bed | sheets (bed coverings) | pillows | pelerines | boots | breeches (trousers) | stockings | caps (headgear) | coats | L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane (1715-1735) | picaresque novel
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Exhibition History:
- Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8480