Paul Sandby RA, 1731–1809, British, A Lady Copying at a Drawing Table, ca. 1765
- Title:
- A Lady Copying at a Drawing Table
- Date:
- ca. 1765
- Medium:
- Red chalk, black chalk, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 5/8 x 6 inches (19.4 x 15.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "F."; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center; "Paul Sandby: Landy Seated at a Drawing Board"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1881
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- copying | desk | drawing (activity) | drawing table | genre subject | hat | lady | portrait | woman
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: As a COVID-19 precaution, the Study Room is closed until further notice. - Exhibition History:
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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
- Publications:
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Emma Barker, Art & visual culture, 1600-1850 : academy to avant-garde, , Tate Publishing, London, 2012, pp. , 9, Pl. 0.8, N6756 .A78 2012 (YCBA)
Vic Gatrell, The first bohemians, life and art in London's golden age , Allen Lane, London, 2013, pp. 170, 171, fig. 74, NX544.L6 G37 2013 (YCBA)
Richard Green, Paul Sandby's Young Pupil Identified, Burlington Magazine, vol.154, no. 1310, May 2012, pp. 312-15, fig. 1, N1 B87 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13047
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