Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822, British
Title:
A Bear
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 1/4 inches (22.5 × 18.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, center right: "eyes too far | apart"; on verso in graphite, center: "59"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.89
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
Bears | animal art | bear
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Christopher Plumb, The Georgian menagerie : exotic animals in eighteenth-century London, I.B. Tauris, London, 2015, p. 75, fig. 2, QL73.G72 L667 2015
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:18281