Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809, British
Title:
London Cries: Last Dying Speech and Confession
Date:
ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/8 × 5 5/8 inches (17.5 × 14.3 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.225
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
dying | confession | speech | paper | man | woman | genre subject | hat | cries
Associated Places:
Europe | England | United Kingdom | London
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Hogarth and Europe (Tate Britain, 2021-11-01 - 2022-03-20)

Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, 2009-07-25 - 2009-10-18)

Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (National Gallery of Scotland, 2009-11-07 - 2010-02-07)

Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (Royal Academy of Arts, 2010-03-13 - 2010-06-13)

Hogarth (CaixaForum Madrid, 2007-05-21 - 2007-08-26)

Hogarth (Tate Britain, 2007-02-05 - 2007-04-29)

The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
Publications:
Stephen Daniels, Paul Sandby, picturing Britain , Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2009, p. 139, cat. 42, NJ18 Sa56 P3 2009 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Vic Gatrell, The first bohemians : life and art in London's golden age, , Allen Lane, London, 2013, pp. 276-277, fig. 125, NX544.L6 G37 2013 (YCBA)

John Mullan, His Picture was His Stage, TLS, the Times Literary Supplement, Issue no. 5425, March 23, 2007, pp. 18-19, Film S748 (SML) Also Available Online in TLS Archive

Sean Shesgreen, Hawkers, beggars and quacks : portraits from the Cries of London, Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2021, pp. 48-9, no. 14, NJ18 .L297 S54 2021 (LC)

The Art of Paul Sandby, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, 1985, p. 47, no. 55, NJ18 Sa56 R62 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12176