Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847, British
Title:
A Girl Peeling Vegetables
Date:
between 1810 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 11/16 x 14 inches (45 x 35.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back of mount, center: "JOSHUA CRISTALL. | (1767-1847) | A Girl Peeling Vegetables"; on back, lower left: "Yale 61 (encircled)"; on back, lower right: "PM 2090 | Cristall, J. - Girl Peeling Vegetables | Y81 (encircled)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1483
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
vegetables | trees | kitchen | peeling | woman | girl | interior | genre subject | dough baskets | pots | barrels | aprons | kerchiefs | chairs | tables
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
Publications:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, British watercolors : drawings of the 18th and 19th centuries from the Yale Center for British Art, , Hudson Hill Press, New York, 1985, no. 33, pl. 33, ND1928 W533 1985 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8476