Study of an Oak Leaf
“If you can paint one leaf, you can paint the world.” John Ruskin, Modern Painters, vol. 4, 1856.
Gallery label for A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, white gouache, gum, and graphite; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
19.1 x 17.5cm
B2014.5.78
Digital image courtesy Yale Center for British Art; free to use under the Center's Image Terms of Use
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Yale Center for British Art
Permanent collection