Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Heaphy, 1775–1835, British
Title:
Inattention
Date:
1808
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and ink, sponging, and gum over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 3/8 x 19 3/4 inches (64.5 x 50.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink: "Inattention by Ths Heaphy | bought by Viscount Kinnaird out of the Bond Street Exhibition | 1808"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.175
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
man | stick | reading | birdcage | genre subject | women | house | door
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
Publications:
John Gage, J.M.W. Turner: "a wonderful range of mind", Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, p. 146, fig. 220, NJ18 T85 G36 (LC) (YCBA)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

David H. Solkin, Art in Britain 1660-1815, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2015, p. 286, fig. 288, N6766 S65 2015 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10438