Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841, British
Title:
Study of a Girl for "Mary, Queen of Scots, Escaping from Loch Leven Castle"
Date:
1833
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk with brown wash on thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/8 × 11 3/8 inches (46 × 28.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in brown ink, lower center: "D. Wilkie f. 1833"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1623
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
girl | study (visual work) | hand | profile (figure) | figure study | headband
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
A loan exhibition of English drawings and watercolours from the collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon of Upperville, Virginia, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1964, ca. no. 76, N5247.M385 L62 (YCBA)

Yale University Art Gallery, English drawings and watercolors, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, April 15 - June 20, 1965 , New Haven, 1965, Cat. No. 76, NC228 Y34 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12860