Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886, British
Title:: Sketch for the Passions: Pride
Date:: ca. 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches (36.8 x 25.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in black ink, lower right: "Sketch to illustrate the Passions. Pride. | By that SIn fell the Angels how then shall Man be. Shakespeare."; in black ink, lower right: "by Richard Dadd Bethlem Hospital. April 185[...]"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1977.14.6137
Classification:: Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: illustration | helmet | castle | buildings | study (visual work) | feathers | begging | men | nobility | worship | crowd | pride | peasants | praying | literary theme | women | king (person) | armor | kneeling | Henry VIII, Act III, Scene II | plays by William Shakespeare
Currently On View:: Not on view
Exhibition History:: Richard Dadd Exhibition (Davis & Langdale Co., Inc., 1994-05-03 - 1994-06-03)
Publications:: The British Castle : A Symbol in Stone, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2017, p. 7, V2722 (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8816