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- Title:
Flying the Kite
- Date:
- ca. 1740
- Medium:
- Pen and brown ink, brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 5/8 × 9 inches (14.3 × 22.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
In pen and brown ink, lower center: the Figures 2 fu 5 In: or 6.
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.504
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- building | children | genre subject | kite | ladder | sporting art
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10371
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