Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847, British, A Peasant Girl Shading Her Eyes, 1812
- Title:
- A Peasant Girl Shading Her Eyes
- Date:
- 1812
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on thick, rough, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 3/4 x 10 9/16 inches (42.5 x 26.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower right: "D943"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Signed and dated in brown ink, lower left: "J. C. 1812."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5421
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- apron | dress | fabric | gaze | genre subject | gesturing | girl | kerchief | peasant | shoes | sunlight | walking
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8483
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