Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Title:
Part of a Semi-Circular Seat
Date:
1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, gray ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 9/16 × 5 inches (19.2 × 12.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: "This [... ing] to the Seat."; inscribed in pen and black ink, center: "Part of the Semicircular Seat near one of the [...] of Pompeii"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper left: "No. 4."; inscribed in graphite, upper right: "I/37"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.408
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26578