- Title:
- Sketch for 'The Reading of a Will'
- Former Title(s):
- The reading of a will. [1820, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
- Date:
- 1820
- Materials & Techniques:
- Oil on board
- Dimensions:
- 7 1/2 x 10 inches (19.1 x 25.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Dated center, illegible: "1[?]20"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.679
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.679FR
- Subject Terms:
- armchair | attorneys | bonnet | children | death | family | fireplace | grief | hat | lawyer | men | mirror | mourners | mourning | notary | reading | study (visual work) | will | women
- Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1139
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
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