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- Title:
The Deposition
- Additional Title(s):
Pieta
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Black ink, gray ink, graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 13 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches (34.9 x 28.9 cm), Sheet: 9 x 7 inches (22.9 x 17.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "22"; on mount, lower center: "R Cosway"; on back of mount, lower right: "The Deposition"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.24.6
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- apostles | disciples | flags | horses (animals) | lamentation over the dead Christ by his relatives and friends (Christ usually without crown of thorns) | lanterns (lighting devices) | pennants | religious and mythological subject | robes | sandals | soldiers | standards
- Associated People:
- Mary
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE) - 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:7091
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Richard and Maria Cosway - Regency Artists of Taste and Fashion (National Portrait Gallery, 1996-11-17 - 1997-02-18) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Richard and Maria Cosway - Regency Artists of Taste and Fashion (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1995-08-11 - 1995-10-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Stephen Lloyd, Richard & Maria Cosway: regency artists of taste and fashion, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, p. 81, cat. 174, NJ18 C7985 L56 1995 (LC)+ Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]