Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Mason Chamberlin, 1727–1787, British
Title:: Conversation Piece
Date:: 1761
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 26 3/4 inches (63.5 x 67.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Signed and dated in ochre-color paint, lower left: "M: Chamberlin. pinxt: 1761."
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1981.25.92
Classification:: Paintings
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:: gentleman | sitting | leaning | standing | man | woman | flowers (motifs) | red | white (color) | blue | interior | leisure | room | window | vest | coat | dress | gloves | chairs | curtains | conversation piece | book | portrait
Currently On View:: Not on view
Exhibition History:: The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
Publications:: Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 50-51, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)
Ellen G. D'Oench, The Conversation Piece: Arthur Devis & his contemporaries, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, p. 73, cat. no. 59, NJ18 D5151 D64 OVERSIZE
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:601