Brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches (22.5 x 18.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, on mount, lower right: "Original Drawing by | Richard Cosway R.A."; inscribed in graphite, on verso of mount, upper right: "< 37 > | < 7L7+ >"; in graphite lower right: "< PA ... 4 ...721 | LCD >"; in graphite lower right: "2294"; in graphite lower right: "< 327 >"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5226
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
religious and mythological subject | beds (furniture) | wings (costume accessories) | blankets (coverings) | draperies | pillows | shields (armor) | quivers | swords | arrows | bows (weapons) | nudes | nocks | armor | lovers | children | putti | cherubs | mythology | men | women
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)Richard and Maria Cosway - Regency Artists of Taste and Fashion (National Portrait Gallery, 1996-11-17 - 1997-02-18)Richard and Maria Cosway - Regency Artists of Taste and Fashion (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1995-08-11 - 1995-10-29)
Publications:
Stephen Lloyd, Richard & Maria Cosway: regency artists of taste and fashion, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, p. 123, no. 105, NJ18 C7985 L56 1995 (LC)+ Oversize (YCBA)Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 52, no. 40, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)