Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847, British
Title:
Seaman Holding a Monkey
Date:
1816
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, ceam wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 4 5/8 inches (20 x 11.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Seaman for a | Wreck."; in graphite, on back, upper center: "29E | x"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.818
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
seaman | illustration | monkey (animal) | scarves (costume accessories) | seaman | shipwreck | trousers | figure study | shirt
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Christopher Plumb, The Georgian menagerie : exotic animals in eighteenth-century London, I.B. Tauris, London, 2015, p. 45, fig. 1, QL73.G72 L667 2015
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8474