- Title:
The Creation of the Heavens
- Date:
- ca. 1790
- Medium:
- Gray ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/8 × 10 inches (23.2 × 25.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite, upper left: "3 1/4"; in graphite, upper center: "9 1/2"; in graphite, upper right: "3/14"; in graphite, center right: "8 3/4"; in graphite, lower left: "[...]"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.2586
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- angels | creation | deities | figures | flying | heaven | planets | pointing | religious and mythological subject | stars
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open to Yale ID holders by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9574
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