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- Title:
Howard Visiting a Prison
- Date:
- between 1749 and 1802
- Medium:
- Black ink with watercolor over graphite on moderately thick moderately textured white laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/4 x 21 inches (36.2 x 53.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Circular collector's mark: Xavier Haas (Lugt 4541); oval collector's mark: Xavier Haas (Lugt 4542)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1979.12.665
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- baby | bodies | children | correctional institution | historical subject | jail | nursing | prison | sublime | tortured
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6795
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