Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Frederick Catherwood, 1799–1854, British
Title:
Well at Bolonchen, Yucatan
Date:
1843
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, brown wash, graphite, and scratching out on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 20 3/16 × 15 5/16 inches (51.3 × 38.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, in pen with brown ink, lower right: "F. Catherwood | 1843"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Henry Schnakenberg
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1979.12.688
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Caribbean - Crossroads of the World (El Museo del Barrio, 2012-06-12 - 2013-01-06)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
Publications:
Hugh Honour, The European vision of America, a special exhibition to honor the Bicentennial of the United States, organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art with the collaboration of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Re´union des muse´es nationaux, Paris , , The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1975, [pp. 282-83], cat. no. 259, N8214.5 U6 H57 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, British watercolors : drawings of the 18th and 19th centuries from the Yale Center for British Art, , Hudson Hill Press, New York, 1985, no. 60, pl. 60, ND1928 W533 1985 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11082