Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Arthur William Devis, 1762–1822, British
Title:
Native Women from Bengal
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 1/8 inches (19.1 × 25.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in pen and gray ink, lower left: "A.W. Devis del."; not dated
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1141
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
jewelry | chickens | Asian | Indian | hut | cooking | natives | domestic | women
Associated Places:
Asia | Bengal
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
From Merchants to Emperors - British Artists in India 1757-1930 (The Morgan Library & Museum, 1986-05-01 - 1986-07-31)

From Merchants to Emperors - British Artists in India 1757-1930 (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986-10-02 - 1987-01-04)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7748