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George John Pinwell, 1842–1875, British, Study for "The Goose", 1867: Interior of a Barn, 1866
- Title:
Study for "The Goose", 1867: Interior of a Barn
- Additional Title(s):
Verso: Various Sketches
- Date:
- 1866
- Medium:
- Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 3/4 × 5 1/16 inches (17.1 × 12.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in graphite, lower left: "GJP"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.892
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | barn | couple | door | interior (space) | man | rafters | study (visual work) | tools | trough | woman
- 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:11376
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This wonderfully evocative pencil study of the interior of a barn was adapted by Pinwell, with the addition of two figures and several geese, for his wood-engraved illustration to “The Goose” in the poetry anthology Wayside Posies, published in 1867 by the Brothers Dalziel. Scott Wilcox, Victorian Idyll, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, V 2811
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Donato Esposito, Frederick Walker and the Idyllists, Lund Humphries, London, p. 21, cat. 11, NJ18.W15 E87 2017 (LC) (YCBA) [YCBA]
Scott Wilcox, Victorian Idyll, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, p. 13, V 2811 [ORBIS]
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