Robert Mabon, died 1798, British, Persian Sword Hilt Set with Diamonds, undated
- Title:
Persian Sword Hilt Set with Diamonds
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 3/4 inches (22.5 × 17.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper center: "All the spots are Diaminds set in Gold | upon a Green Ground"; extensive inscription in pen and brown ink, lower center
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.22270
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- diamonds (minerals) | genre subject | hilt | Persian | still life | sword
- Access:
- View by request in the Study Room
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:17223
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
Holly Shaffer, Adapting the eye, An archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2011, p. 23, no. 9, V2359 (YCBA)
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