Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841, British, A Scene from "The Abbot", 1833
- Title:
- A Scene from "The Abbot"
- Former Title(s):
- Scene from a History of Mary, Queen of Scots
- Additional Title(s):
- Original Sketch for the Tableau of The Abbot, performed at Hatfield, 1833
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1833
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches (23.5 x 18.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed verso in graphite, lower right: "Blue [...]. | D25227HX"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Everett V. Meeks, Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1979.12.815
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- gown | literary theme | man | novel | performance | queen (person) | royalty | tableau vivant | The Abbot by Sir Walter Scott, 1820 | theater (discipline) | throne | veil | women
- Associated Places:
- England | Hatfield | Hatfield House | Hertfordshire | United Kingdom
- Associated People:
- Mary [Mary Stewart] (1542–1587), queen of Scots
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:19427
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