The Lazy Servant, or Parable of the Talents, Study for a Stained Glass Window
Date:
ca. 1880
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, brown chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper backed with linen
Dimensions:
Sheet: 38 1/2 × 23 inches (97.8 × 58.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "X1-8 2-10 Parable"; upper center: "W"; center left: "D Blue | D Blue | W | D Blue"; center: "Yellow | W | Yellow"; center right: "D Blue | Bar"; lower center: "Gr | W | Yellow"; inscribed on verso in red pencil: "PARABLES"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Paul Walter