- Title:
The Sluggard
- Former Title(s):
The Sluggard; statue, bronze [1886, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
- Date:
- ca. 1895
- Medium:
- Bronze
- Dimensions:
- Overall: 20 × 9 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (50.8 × 24.1 × 16.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Incised on front of base: "THE SLUGGARD"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1982.17
- Classification:
- Sculptures
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Subject Terms:
- figure study | man | nude | sensuality | statuette
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1492
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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