Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Richard Dadd, 1817–1886, British
Title:
Portrait of Maria Elizabeth Dadd, the Artist's Sister
Date:
1839
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue-green wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 5 5/8 inches (16.8 × 14.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in brown ink, lower center: "Richard Dadd 1839."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.2810
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
portrait | book | gown | vase | sister | woman | reading | curls
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Nicholas Tromans, Richard Dadd, the artist and the asylum , Tate Publishing, London, 2011, pp. 11, 12, fig. 2, NJ18 D121 T76 + (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8821