Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841, British
Title:
The Interior of Pitlessie Mill with a Man Sieving Corn
Date:
1818
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (19 x 29.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower center: "M board | Narrow antique solid line (touching drawing) [...] | outside 13 1/2 x 20"; on back, lower right: "3 (encircled)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.2709
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
labor | interior | laborers | sieve | machinery | working | tam-o'-shanter | corn | stools | agricultural equipment | dresses | pulley | genre subject | rural | ladder | women | workers | tools | hats | mill | children | peasants | caps | boys
Associated Places:
Scotland | Pitlessie | United Kingdom | Fife | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:19948