Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796, British
Title:
Monument to Shakespeare
Date:
ca. 1763
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, watercolor, and pen and black ink, gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 20 9/16 inches (39.1 x 52.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "AD.94"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.2.669
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
park (grounds) | sculpture | lyres | arch | columns | pediment | pilasters | steps | capitals | monument | trees | Neoclassical | sun | architectural subject | sphinxes
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Early Georgian Landscape Garden (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-04-20 - 1983-06-26)

Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
Publications:
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 11, 82, no. 31, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7956