François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839, French, active in Britain
Title:
The Pont de la Concorde and Tuileries Palace from the Cours la Reine
Date:
1823
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and brown ink and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (16.5 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in black ink, lower left: "LFrancia | 1823"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1985.11.2
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
barges (flat-bottomed watercraft) | dome | riverbanks | birds | fishing | river | palace | fishermen | flags | architectural subject | men | park (grounds) | arch bridge | bridge (built work) | cityscape | Grand Tour
Associated Places:
Île-de-France | Paris | Seine | France | Palais des Tuileries | Pont de la Concorde | Cours-la-Reine
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Constable to Delacroix : British Art and the French Romantics 1820-1840 (Tate Britain, 2003-02-06 - 2003-05-11)Constable to Delacroix : British Art and the French Romantics 1820-1840 (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2003-06-01 - 2003-08-27)Richard Parkes Bonington (Musée du Petit Palais, 1992-03-05 - 1992-05-17)Richard Parkes Bonington (Yale Center for British Art, 1991-11-13 - 1992-01-19)
Publications:
Acquisitions : The First Decade 1977-1986, Yale Center for British Art , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1986, p. 25, no. 82, N590.2 A7 OVERSIZE (YCBA)Stephen Duffy, The discovery of Paris, watercolours by early nineteenth-century British artists , The Wallace Collection, London, London, 2013, p. 67, ND1928 D84 2013 (YCBA)Patrick Noon, Crossing the Channel : British and French painting in the age of romanticism, Tate Publishing, London, p. 239, no. 143, ND467.5.R6 N66 2003 Oversize (YCBA)Duncan Robinson, Acquisitions : The First Decade 1977 - 1986, , Burlington Magazine, vol. 128, October 1986, p. 25, no. 82, N1 B87 128:3 OVERSIZE (YCBA)