Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Title:
Prison Scene
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches (13 x 19.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "492"; lower center: "Nov 1793"; lower right: "492"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1979.12.674
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
correctional institution | genre subject | shadow | dark | prison
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Smith College Museum of Art, The drawings of George Romney ; an exhibition held from May to September 1962 at the Smith College Museum of Art , Northampton, Mass., Northampton, MA, 1962, cat. no. 90, NJ18 R65 S46
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6804