Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Devoto, active 1708–1752, British
Title:
A Capriccio
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 × 4 5/8 inches (10.2 × 11.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
In pen and brown ink, lr: JD
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.261
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | capriccio | statues | fantasy | columns | stairs
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Kate Retford, The Conversation Piece Making Modern Art in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2017, p. 87, fig. 69, ND1314.4 .R48 2017 (LC) Oversize (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7751