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Robert Mabon, died 1798, British, Necklaces, undated
- Title:
- Necklaces
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 1/8 × 5 5/8 inches (15.6 × 14.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, center right: "A String of Green and | White Pearls | B Diamonds of an | Octagon form | C The Diamond is | larger than any of them | and hangs in the center | in this manner | D. E These two | are red"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.22315
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- diamonds | genre subject | necklace | necklaces | pearls
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:17642
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Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Holly Shaffer, Adapting the eye, An archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2011, p. 24, no. 14, V2359 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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