Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Richard Dadd, 1817–1886, British
Title:
Family Portraits
Date:
1838
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (14.6 x 20.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, upper right: "1314 Brown | white cut out"; on back, center right: "1 1/2 mar(?) | 8 1/2 x 55 | 8"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.2573
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
heads | portrait | figure study | collars | men | family | family | women
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
Publications:
Nicholas Tromans, Richard Dadd, the artist and the asylum , Tate Publishing, London, 2011, pp. 11, 13, fig. 3, NJ18 D121 T76 + (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8823