Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822, British
Title:
A Porpoise?
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 12 3/4 inches (19.7 × 32.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "21 lower jaw each side | lg upper"; on verso in graphite, lower right: "117"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.73
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
Mammalia (class) | animal art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Art, lux, et veritas, 2015 : students respond to art at Yale, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2015, pp. 27-29, no. 5, V 2588 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:18266