Study for the Monument to Naval Captains William Bayne, William Blair and Lord Robert Manner
Date:
ca. 1782
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash and pen and gray ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 7/16 x 15 3/16in. (54.5 x 38.6cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "25 feet high"; inscribed in graphite traced over in pen and brown ink, lower right: "J. Nollekens"; inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, center: "The within is the plan mentioned in my contract with the Lords Commissioners | of his Majesty's Treasury bearing date the second of March 1784 | Joseph Nollekens. | Witness Wm Chamberlayne | Tho: Cotton."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1569
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Six Centuries of Sculptor's Drawings (The Drawing Center, 1981-03-18 - 1981-06-20)