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Print made by Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, 1890–1978, British, The Black Cloak, 1944
- Title:
The Black Cloak
- Former Title(s):
Portrait of Mrs. Mellon
- Additional Title(s):
Mary Conover Mellon
- Date:
- 1944
- Medium:
- Etching, stipple engraving, and drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches (31.5 x 24.2 cm), Plate: 9 15/16 x 7 15/16 inches (25.2 x 20.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "The Black Cloak (Portrait of Miss Mellon.)"
Lettered upper right, reversed: "G. L. Brockhurst | 1943"
Signed and dated in graphite, lower right: "Gerald Brockhurst | 1944"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
- Copyright Status:
- © Estate of the Artist
- Accession Number:
- B1994.4.74
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bracelet (jewelry) | cloak | curls | hand | pendant (jewelry) | portrait | shadow | woman
- Associated People:
- Mellon, Mary Conover (1904–1946)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:33415
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