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James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903, American, active in Britain (from 1859), Minotaur, undated
- Title:
Minotaur
- Additional Title(s):
Caricature of G. F. Watts as a Minotaur
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Graphite on medium, smooth, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (22.5 × 16.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Watts"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "DG7"; center: "this sketch is the subject | of Watts famous picture."; lower left: "P | 83-11"; lower center: "Minotaur painted by G. F. Watts after reading about White Slave traffic in London | By J. M. WHISTLER (Minotaur by Watts)"; lower right: "15."
Signed in graphite with artist's butterfly emblem, center left and lower right; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2009.9.105
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | mythology | religious and mythological subject
- Associated People:
- Minotaur
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:61555
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Chloe Ward, The drawings of G.F. Watts, Watts Gallery Trust, London, 2016, pp. 83-84, 1100, fig. 89, NJ18.W35 W37 2016 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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