Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Richard Dadd, 1817–1886, British
Title:
The Music Lesson or the Governess: a Sketch
Date:
1855
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and black ink with gouache on moderately thick, rough, blue wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 × 7 inches (25.7 × 17.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in gray ink, upper right: "The Music Lesson of the Governess."; within image, on piano: "BROADWOOD & CO."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.2575
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
braids | women | music | piano | gowns | genre subject | sheet music
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31)

Richard Dadd Exhibition (Davis & Langdale Co., Inc., 1994-05-03 - 1994-06-03)
Publications:
Timothy J. Barringer, Art & music in Britain : four encounters, 1730-1900 (exhibition and label text), , New Haven, 2006, [p. 50], V 1699:1 (YCBA)

Timothy J. Barringer, Art & music in Britain : four encounters, 1730-1900, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2006, pp. 16,20, V 1699 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8820