Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Frederick William Burton, 1816–1900, Irish
Title:
Dreams
Date:
ca. 1861
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite and gum arabic on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 × 12 inches (20.3 × 30.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in monogram, center, right: "F.W.B."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1980.37
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
girl | figures (representations) | flower (plant) | pillows | bed (furniture)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Artist as Narrator - Nineteenth Century Narrative Art in England and France (Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 2005-09-08 - 2005-12-04)

Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
Publications:
Acquisitions : The First Decade 1977-1986, Yale Center for British Art , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1986, p. 24, no. 75, fig. 14, N590.2 A7 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Susan P. Casteras, The substance or the shadow : images of Victorian womanhood, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1982, pp. 13, 65-6, no. 18, fig. 2, N7630 C27 + (YCBA)

Claire Crowley, Frederic William Burton, For the Love of Art, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, p. 59, cat. 120, fig. 44, NJ18.B9695 A12 2017 (LC) (YCBA)

Aidan Dunne, The Forgotten Artist Behind Ireland’s Favourite Painting, , Irish Times, October 28, 2017, https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/the-forgotten-artist-behind-ireland-s-favourite-painting-1.3267220?mode=amp

Peter Murray, Victorian Enchantment, Irish Arts Review, vol. 29, no. 4, Winter, 2012, p. 119-11, 112, V 2451 (YCBA)

Duncan Robinson, Acquisitions : The First Decade 1977 - 1986, , Burlington Magazine, vol. 128, October 1986, p. 24, no. 75, fig. 14, N1 B87 128:3 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:20250