Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Title:
Study for the Foundlings
Date:
ca. 1739
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/8 × 8 3/8 inches (11.1 × 21.3 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1258
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
clouds | spinning wheels | orphans | genre subject | fences | bonnets (hats) | dresses | robes | coats | hats | shoes (footwear) | shakos | gowns | breeches (trousers) | stockings | ships | rakes | sails | trees | hills | churches | bridge (built work) | arch bridges | steps | windows | doorways | leaf (plant material) | children | infants
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Basic Instincts (The Foundling Museum, 2017-09-29 - 2018-01-07)

Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30)

The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Berkeley Art Museum, 1995-08-23 - 1995-11-19)

The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 1995-12-10 - 1996-02-04)

The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Joslyn Art Museum, 1996-03-09 - 1996-05-05)

William Hogarth (1697-1764) (Fondazione Giorgio Cini, 1989-08-26 - 1989-11-12)
Publications:
Joanna Marschner, Enlightened Princesses : Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World, Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn, 2017, p. 417, 423, fig. 25.02, 25.09, NX543 +.E55 2017 Oversize (YCBA)

Jacqueline Riding, Basic Instincts Love, Passion and Violence in the Art of Joseph Highmore, Paul Holberton Publishing, London, p. 102, fig. 88, NJ18.H4888 R53 2017 (YCBA)

James Christen Steward, The New Child : British Art and the Origins of Modern Childhood, 1730-1830, , University Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, 1995, p. 164, fig. 66, N6766 S78 1995 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Esme West, Hogarth's House, Scala Books, London, 2012, p. 10, NJ18.H67 H677 2012 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9874