Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Holland, 1799–1870, British
Title:
Torre Dos Clerigos, Oporto, Portugal
Date:
1837
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
21 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches (54.6 x 38.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Label on verso, upper left: “Pitt & Scott Ltd | London | G. [handwritten] /1259 | Paul Mellon | #229 (typed) 1203”; lower center, handwritten: “Painting w[...] | Portuguese | Title [...] | The Ho[...]”
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1974.3.9
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | fish | costume | parasols | tents | street | baskets | baskets | umbrellas | cityscape | genre subject | church | houses | tower (building division) | Baroque | women | men | market (event) | selling
Associated Places:
Portugal | Porto | Europe | Clérigos Church | Clérigos Church | Torre dos Clerigos
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
Publications:
Steve Bond, James Holland: the forgotten artist, Churnet Valley Books, Leek, Staffordshire, p. 83, NJ18.H719 B66 1999 (LC) (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 122-123, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, pp. 161, 163, no. 181, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:170