Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828, British
Title:
The Use of Tears
Date:
1827
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on thick, smooth card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 7 inches (22.9 x 17.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in artist's hand in pen and brown ink lower center: "R. P. Bonington del. 1827"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.18
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
women | letter | cat (domestic cat) | genre subject | chair | bed | tears
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Richard Parkes Bonington 2018 (Richard L. Feigen & Co., 2018-10-23 - 2019-01-09)

Constable to Delacroix : British Art and the French Romantics 1820-1840 (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2003-06-01 - 2003-08-27)

Constable to Delacroix : British Art and the French Romantics 1820-1840 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003-09-29 - 2004-01-04)
Publications:
Patrick Noon, Crossing the Channel : British and French painting in the age of romanticism, Tate Publishing, London, p. 276, no. 183, ND467.5.R6 N66 2003 Oversize (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4966