Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Isaac Mendes Belisario, 1795–1849
Title:
Lady Rowe, Standing Small Full Length on a Terrace, a Moonlit Jamaican Landscape beyond
Date:
1835
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on heavy cream card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 9 1/8 inches (33.7 × 23.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on original frame backing, in black ink: "Lady Rowe | wife of Chief Justice Sir J. Rowe G.B. | 1826"; in graphite: "Aunt Fanny | nee Bates".
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2007.3
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
portrait
Associated Places:
Jamaica
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Caribbean - Crossroads of the World (El Museo del Barrio, 2012-06-12 - 2013-01-06)

Caribbean - Crossroads of the World (Perez Art Museum Miami, - )

Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
Publications:
Timothy J. Barringer, Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and His Worlds, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2007, pp. 66, 416-17, no. 123, fig. 4.1, N8243 S576 B37 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:56873