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Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841, British, Sketch for "Reading the Will", before 1820
- Title:
- Sketch for "Reading the Will"
- Date:
- before 1820
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, mounted in moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 8 1/4 × 10 inches (21 × 25.4 cm), Sheet: 4 3/4 × 6 7/8 inches (12.1 × 17.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed verso in brown ink, center right: "David Wilkie Esq. | 24, Lower Phillimore Place"
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- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.805
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- armchairs | children | dresses | family | genre subject | men | reading | solicitor | stripes | study (visual work) | widow | will | women
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12660
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