Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British
Title:
Donnybrook Fair, 1782
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink with watercolor on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 x 21 1/2 inches (32.1 x 54.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in black ink, lower left: "FWheatley | delt. 1782"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1986.29.579
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
market (event) | basket | pitcher | tub | tablecloth | cart | saddle | children | shoes | flags | costume | buttons | bridle | table | barrels | pot | genre subject | hay | horses (animals) | kissing | leisure | stripes | men | women | fires | straw | smoke | grass | cloth | wheels | hills | tents | bonnets (hats) | jackets | hats | stockings | boots | bellows | napkins | money | signs | chain | stick | spoon | jug | cloak | fair
Associated Places:
Ireland | Dublin
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Ireland - Art on a World Stage 1690-1840 (The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015-03-17 - 2015-06-07)

Francis Wheatley (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-08-31 - 2006-02-05)

The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Publications:
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British watercolour drawings in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Victoria, BC, 1971, p. 31, no. 50, pl. 12, ND1928 .A76 1971 (LC) (YCBA)

John Baskett, English drawings and watercolors, 1550-1850, in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon , The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 1972, pp. 40-41, no. 53, NC228 B37+ (YCBA)

William Laffan, Ireland : crossroads of art and design, 1690-1840, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2015, p. 235, no. 132, no. 132, N6787 .I74 2015 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. 110, no. 91, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)

Mahonri Sharp Young, The Mellon Drawings at the Morgan, Apollo, vo. 95, no. 122, April, 1972, pp. 332, 334, fig. 6, N1 A54 + (YCBA) Another copy available in Vertical File - V 2330
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2220