Mr Thomson Holding A Specimen
Represented work of art
Other Titles
- ? Dr. John Latham
- An Ornithologist, Possibly John Latham
- Portrait of Mr. Thomson, animal and bird preserver to the Leverian and British Museums
- An Ornithologist, Probably Mr. Thomson, Animal and Bird Preserver to the Leverian and British Museums
Material
DimensionsOverall: 147.3 x 147.3 cm
Date made
- 1802
Work type
Subject
Technique
Provenance
- Yale Center for British Art
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Exhibition history
- Love, Life, Death, and Desire: An Installation of the Center's Collections (Yale Center for British Art, 2020-10-01 - 2021-02-28) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Publication history
- David Attenborough, Drawn from paradise, the discovery, art and natural history of the birds of paradise , Collins, London, 2012, frontpiece, pp. 54-55, QL696.P26 A77 2012 + OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 182-183, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, p. 229, no. 249, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]Exhibition Catalogue. 1802. 34th., Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, no. 34, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1802, p. 19, no. 394, N5054 A53 no. 34 [ORBIS]Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 149 (v.1), no. 284, pl. 155, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA) [YCBA]J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 50, 107, no. 92, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA) [YCBA]The First hundred years of the Royal Academy, 1769-1868 : Winter exhibition, 1951-52, , Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1951, p. 109, no. 254, N5054 .A545 1951/52 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Owner accession numbersB1981.25.517
Owner’s online record
Photographic source
Archival context
Object numberPA-F02534-0043
Archival context
- Fonds:Paul Mellon Centre Photographic Archive
- Series:Artists, A–Z
- Folder:Portraits: Male, A-Z & Unidentified
- Item:Mr Thomson Holding A Specimen
ClassificationsArchival Document
Scope and content This series comprises images of works by artists who were British by birth, foreign artists who worked in Britain or foreign artists who painted British sitters abroad. The works featured date from c.1500 to c.1900. The images in this series form by far the largest part of the Photographic Archive. Images remain in their original order: organised A–Z by artist name. Significant artists, or those for which there is a wealth of material, have multiple folders of images. In these cases, images are further subdivided by genre or type, depending on the artist. They may also be organised in ‘catalogue raisonné order’. The images predominantly depict oil paintings but prints and other works on paper are also included.
Acquisition information The collection has always been in the possession of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (or its predecessor institution, the Paul Mellon Foundation).
ArrangementThe archive has been arranged in its original order.
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Accruals It is anticipated that new images may be added to the Centre’s Photographic Archive in future. These may be generated via the Centre’s everyday activities (such as the publishing programme). They may also come from external sources (such as donations by scholars or institutions).
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