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Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760

Self-Portrait with Two Young Men

between 1730 and 1740

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Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760, Self-Portrait with Two Young Men, between 1730 and 1740, Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1975.4.1027.




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  • Creator

    Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760

  • Title

    Self-Portrait with Two Young Men

  • Date

    between 1730 and 1740

  • Materials & Techniques

    Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

  • Dimensions

    Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 inches (21 × 27.9 cm)

  • Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering

    Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "by Zoffany"; in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Zoffany"; in graphite, center: "DA055 | Louise Phillippe Boitard fl 1735-1763 | c.1730-1740 | LGD"; on back in graphite lower right: "5[...]"

  • Credit Line

    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

  • Copyright Status

    Public Domain

  • Accession Number

    B1975.4.1027

  • Classification

    Drawings & Watercolors

  • Collection

    Prints and Drawings

  • Subject Terms

    portrait

  • Access

    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Link

    https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12779

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Vanessa Brett, Knick-knacking : the Deards family & their luxury shops, 1685-1785, Vanessa Brett, London, 2023, p. 37, DA483 .D4 B74 2023 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Ching-Jung Chen, Tea Parties in Early Georgian Conversation Pieces, British Art Journal, vol. 10, Spring / Summer 2009, pp. 35, 36, fig. 9, N6761 B74 OVERSIZE (YCBA) Also available online : ORBIS [YCBA]

Vic Gatrell, The first bohemians : life and art in London's golden age, , Allen Lane, London, 2013, pp. 149, 150, fig. 63, NX544.L6 G37 2013 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Joe Rock, Robert Gordon, silversmith and Richard Cooper, engraver, A glimpse into a Scottish atelier of the eighteenth century , Silver Studies, no. 19, Silver Society, 2005, fig. 7, https://sites.google.com/site/richardcooperengraver/home/robert-gordon-silversmith-and-richard-cooper-engraver [Website]

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