Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Samuel Davis, 1760–1819, British
Title:
Tassisudon
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and gouache on very thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 3/8 × 30 1/4 inches (51.8 × 76.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, center: "Tassisudon | House in which the embassy was lodged"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "J52"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.283
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Publications:
Michael Aris, Views of medieval Bhutan : The diary and drawings of Samuel Davis, Smithsonian Institution Press, London and Washington, DC, 1982, pp. 84, 87, no. 24, DS485 .B503 D38 1982 Oversize (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 96, no. 78, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13137