Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824, British
Title:: Robert, Duke of Normandy, in Prison
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 9 1/16 x 7 1/2 inches (23 x 19.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed, lower left: "J. Downman | 1779"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1978.26.1
Classification:: Paintings
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:: correctional institution | duke | armor | man | interior | blind | king (person) | costume | portrait | prison | sword | historical subject
Currently On View:: Not on view
Exhibition History:: Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
Gothic Nightmares - Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination (Tate Britain, 2006-02-15 - 2006-05-01)
Publications:: Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 88-89, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:475