Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Henry Robert Morland, 1730–1797, British
Title:
The Ballad Singer
Date:
ca. 1764
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 × 25 inches (76.2 × 63.5 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.456
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
performer | singing | singer | light | pattern | chiaroscuro | woman | music | portrait | neckpiece | torch (lighting device) | lamp (lighting device) | candle | lantern (lighting device) | song
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)

The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
Publications:
David Alexander, Painters and Engraving: The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, pp. v, 3, no. 1, NE631.2 .A43 (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 164-165, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

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. 133 (v.1), no. 253, pl. 139, 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. 66-67 (v.1), no. 241, N5220.M45 R69 1964 (YCBA)

J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 46, 99, no. 72, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:940