Unknown artist, nineteenth centuryformerly attributed to William Havell, 1782–1857, British, active in India (1820–26)
Title:
Albany Street, Regents Park
Date:
ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, green ink, graphite, and gouache on very thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 18 inches (35.9 × 45.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite and scratched out, (on lamp post) lower left: "W | H"; inscribed in graphite, verso, center: "William Havell | Albany street, Regent's Park | St. Katherine's Hospital on the right. | signed with initials W H on lamp post"; inscribed in graphite, verso, upper left: "Mellon 9971"; inscribed in graphite, upper right: 2560c" | 700 [...] | set in lines | [...]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection