- Title:
The Bard
- Date:
- ca. 1817
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm), Frame: 57 × 47 inches (144.8 × 119.4 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.439
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.439FR
- Subject Terms:
- army | banners | bard | cape | castle | cliffs | clouds | eagles (birds) | historical subject | king (person) | landscape | lyre | mountains | poet | river | rocks (landforms) | soldiers
- Associated Places:
- Conway | Cymru | United Kingdom | Wales
- 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:923
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