Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Adam Buck, 1759–1833, British
Title:
The Artist and his Family
Date:
1813
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink, and graphite, with gum arabic and scraping on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 9/16 × 16 11/16 inches (44.6 × 42.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in pen with black ink, lower right: ( on base of statue): "ADAM . BUCK . 1813."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6109
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
chair | cat (domestic cat) | family | vases | Greek vases | herm | portrait
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Ireland - Art on a World Stage 1690-1840 (The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015-03-17 - 2015-06-07)

An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

Classical Taste in America 1800 - 1840 (The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1993-06-27 - 1993-09-26)

Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)

English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
Publications:
A Regency Buck : Adam Buck (1759-1833) : an appreciation, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2015, p. 75-76,78, 164, fig. 118, NJ18.B8675735 A12 D37 2015 (YCBA)

John Baskett, Paul Mellon's Legacy: a Passion for British Art: Masterpieces from the Yale Center for British Art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, p. 277, no. 77, pl. 77, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

William Laffan, Ireland : crossroads of art and design, 1690-1840, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2015, pp. 57-58, 60, 165, 236, no. 21, fig, 30 (p. 60), N6787 .I74 2015 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Lowell Libson Ltd : British Art : 2016, Lowell Libson Ltd., 2016, p. 56, Dealer Cat Lowell Libson 2016 (YCBA)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, no. 77, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15195