Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Bartholomew Dandridge, baptized 1691–died in or after 1754, British
Title:
An Unknown Woman with a Book
Date:
ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
20 7/8 × 16 1/2 inches (53 × 41.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed, center left: "B. Dandridge. [Minse]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.204
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
Classical | sculpture | dress (costume) | fountain | amphora | woman | bracelet (jewelry) | portrait | book | urn | seated | white (color) | sitting | gray (color)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Manners and Morals - Hogarth and British Painting 1700-1760 (Tate Britain, 1987-10-15 - 1988-01-03)

Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 80-81, 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. 109 (v.1), no. 208, pl. 66, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 9 (v.1), no. 26, ND466 R68 1964/65 (YCBA)

Basil Taylor, The Intimate English Portrait, Apollo, v. 77, no. 14, April, 1963, pp. 270, 274, fig. 3, N1 A54 + (YCBA) Another Copy also available in Vertical File : V 1168

Yale University Art Gallery, Painting in England, 1700-1850, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon : [exhibition at] Yale University Art Gallery, April 15-June 20, 1965, , vol. 1, W. Clowes and sons, New Haven, 1965, p. 19 (v.1), no. 66, ND466 Y35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:714