Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876, British
Title:
Highland Hospitality
Date:
1832
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, gum, and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 1/8 x 29 7/8 inches (56.2 x 75.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "Highland Hospitality | (IR 146/5"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.167
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
spinning wheels | dogs (animals) | women | men | kilts
Associated Places:
Scotland
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

Romantic Watercolor : Exhibition Watercolors & Technique (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-10-10 - 2003-01-05)

The Great Age of British Watercolors c.1750 - 1880 (National Gallery of Art, 1993-05-02 - 1993-07-25)

The Great Age of British Watercolors c.1750 - 1880 (Royal Academy of Arts, 1993-01-15 - 1993-07-25)

Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
Publications:
Briony Llewellyn, John Frederick Lewis, Facing Fame, Watts Gallery Trust, Guildford, Surrey, p. 19, fig. 15, NJ18.L5857 L54 2019 (LC) (YCBA)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Emily M. Weeks, Cultures crossed : John Frederick Lewis and the art of orientalism, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 2014, pp. 13, 14, fig. 11, NJ18.L5857 W437 2014 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10772