Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
George Dance, 1741–1825, British
Title:
Portrait of a Boy
Date:
August 3, 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches (24.4 x 19.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Geo. Dance"; in graphite, lower left: "Aug st[in superscript] 3 d[in superscript] 1793."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1986.29.359
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
seated | youth | boy | portrait
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)

English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)

English Drawings and Watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
Publications:
A loan exhibition of English drawings and watercolours from the collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon of Upperville, Virginia, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1964, no. 8, N5247.M385 L62 (YCBA)

An exhibition of English drawings and water colors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, February 18-April 1, 1962, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1962, pp. 10, 19, no. 28, pl. 28, NC228 U6 (YCBA) Copy 2 is on Mellon Shelf

John Baskett, English drawings and watercolors, 1550-1850, in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon , The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 1972, p. 35, no. 47, NC228 B37+ (YCBA)

Martin Hardie, Water-colour painting in Britain, B.T. Batsford, London, 1967, vol. 1, pl. 122, ND1928 .H37 1967 (LC)+ Oversize YCBA

Patrick Noon, English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures, Yale Center for British Art, 1979, p. 81, no. 86, NC772 N66+ (Wall Shelf) (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, v.1: p. 204, no. 406, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 29, no. 14, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)

Yale University Art Gallery, English drawings and watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, April 15-June 20,1965, , New Haven, 1965, no. 8, NC228 Y34 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2000