Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841, British
Title:
Sketch for "Reading the Will"
Date:
before 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, mounted in moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 8 1/4 × 10 inches (21 × 25.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed verso in brown ink, center right: "David Wilkie Esq. | 24, Lower Phillimore Place"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.805
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
genre subject | will | study (visual work) | armchairs | dresses | women | family | men | reading | stripes | children | solicitor | widow
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12660