Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Title:
Prison Scene
Date:
between 1749 and 1802
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches (12.1 x 18.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "693"; lower center: "Nov 1793"; lower left: "693"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1979.12.227
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
correctional institution | genre subject | prison | dark | jail
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Deanna Petherbridge, The primacy of drawing : Histories and theories of practice, , Yale University Press, New Haven, 2010, p. 35, pl. 10, NC53 P48 2010 + (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6628