Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches (36.8 x 25.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, lower right: "Sketch to illustrate the Passions. Pride. | By that SIn fell the Angels how then shall Man be. Shakespeare."; in black ink, lower right: "by Richard Dadd Bethlem Hospital. April 185[...]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6137
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
study (visual work) | helmet | nobility | peasants | worship | men | women | illustration | buildings | castle | feathers | armor | begging | pride | praying | literary theme | kneeling | crowd | king (person) | plays by William Shakespeare | Henry VIII, Act III, Scene II