Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886, British
Title:: Sketch to Illustrate the Passions: Treachery
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches (36.5 x 25.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Sketch to illustrate the Passions | Treachery."; in brown ink, lower left: "by Rich.d Dadd-- | Bethlem Hospital London. 1853."
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1977.14.9735
Classification:: Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: men | stairs | robes | religious and mythological subject | costume | Passion of Christ | study (visual work) | Christianity | illustration | beards
Currently On View:: Not on view
Exhibition History:: Richard Dadd Exhibition (Davis & Langdale Co., Inc., 1994-05-03 - 1994-06-03)
British Drawings (Davis & Langdale Co.) (Davis & Langdale Co., Inc., 1985-05-01 - 1985-05-31)
Publications:: Nicholas Tromans, Richard Dadd, the artist and the asylum , Tate Publishing, London, 2011, pp. 97, 114, 115, 117-18, 121-22, fig. 62, NJ18 D121 T76 + (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8817