Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815, American, active in Britain (from 1776)
Title:
Study for 'The Red Cross Knight'
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 x 21 inches (43.2 x 53.3 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.161
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
snake | feather | white | chalice | study (visual work) | plume | spear | knight (landholder) | literary theme | helmets | shield | light | lamp | goblet | woman | armor | women
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 68-69, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 194 (v.1), no. 373, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:672