ISBN9780300259520_f0142-01

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TitleThe Connoisseurs

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1790

MaterialsWatercolor with pen and red, brown and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, blued white, wove paper, mounted on, medium, moderately textured, blued white, laid paper

DimensionsSheet: 9 × 12 in. (22.9 × 30.5 cm); Mount: 9 1/4 × 12 5/16 in. (23.5 × 31.3 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

http://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/1670740

Accession numberB1975.3.106

SubjectsSatire in artArtists' studios in artPainting, British--18th centuryFemale nude in art

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