Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Penny, 1714–1791, British
Title:
The Virtuous Comforted by Sympathy
Date:
1774
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 × 40 1/2 inches (127 × 102.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.499
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
headpiece | man | women | comfort | interior | basket | turban | robe | handkerchief | bonnet (hat) | fichu | curtains | pillow | lantern
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
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. 178-179, N590.2 .A83 (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, p. 64 (v.1), no. 232, pl. 49, N5220.M45 R69 1964 (YCBA)

Sotheby's sale catalogue : Catalogue of fine eighteenth and nineteenth century drawings and paintings : 20 March 1963, Sotheby's, London, March 20, 1963, p. 49, lot 161, Auction Catalogues (YCBA)

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, pp. 39-40, no. 149, pl. 49, ND466 Y35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:983