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John Downman, 1750–1824, British, Robert, Duke of Normandy, in Prison, 1779
- Title:
- Robert, Duke of Normandy, in Prison
- Former Title(s):
- Duke Robert. Vide reign of King Henry the 1st. [1779, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
- Date:
- 1779
- Materials & Techniques:
- Oil on copper
- Dimensions:
- 9 1/16 x 7 1/2 inches (23 x 19.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed, lower left: "J. Downman | 1779"
Signed and dated, lower left: "J. Downman | 1779"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.26.1
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1978.26.1FR
- Subject Terms:
- armor | blind | correctional institution | costume | duke | historical subject | interior | king (person) | man | portrait | prison | sword
- Associated People:
- Robert [called Robert Curthose], duke of Normandy (b. in or after 1050, d. 1134), prince and crusader
- Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:475
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Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Gothic Nightmares - Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination (Tate Britain, 2006-02-15 - 2006-05-01) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 88-89, N590.2 A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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