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YCBA/lido-TMS-178
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E22_Human-Made_Object
Human-Made Object
300033618
painting
300139140
genre subject
300033618
Painting
The Sense of Sight
500303557
Yale Center for British Art
http://britishart.yale.edu
B1974.3.17
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23738722
Not on view
Yale Center for British Art
41.3080060, -72.9306282
52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
height
cm
132.1
width
cm
153.7
178
300054713
production
Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716)
ycba_actor_3
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2008003238
https://viaf.org/viaf/7657501
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3380372
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500005005
Philip Mercier
Pierre-Philippe Mercier
Phillipe Mercier
Philippe Mercier
Mercier Philippe, 1689 or 1691–1760
Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
7003712
7011781
7008653
Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716)
1689
1760
male
300025103
Artist
300025136
painter
300025174
etcher
300111159
British
1744 to 1747
1744
1747
22
18th century
Oil on canvas
300015050
oil paint
300014078
canvas
300054216
painting (technique)
178
6245061
N12 W35 A1 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)
8665967
1388
300054686
publication event
^1747, Richardson's Sale, Foundling Hospital dinner, Mercier^, The Star, vertue III, 1933-34, p. 135, N12 W35 A1 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
1933-34
1933
1934
178
1661476
Sales Catalogues (YCBA)
702233814
1134
300054686
publication event
^Christie's Sale Catalogue : Important English Pictures : 21 June 1974^, Christie's, June 21, 1974, p. 46, No. 124, pl. 124, Sales Catalogues (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
June 21, 1974
1974
1974
178
583000
N590.2 A83 (YCBA)
13422488
323
300054686
publication event
Malcolm Cormack, ^Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art^, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 158-159, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Malcolm Cormack
ycba_actor_6010
Cormack Malcolm
300025492
Author
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
Yale Center for British Art
300025574
Publisher
1985
1985
1985
New Haven, CT
178
4436304
NJ18 W95 D25 1999 (YCBA)
270641016
534
300054686
publication event
Stephen Daniels, ^Joseph Wright^, Tate Publishing, London, 1999, NJ18 W95 D25 1999 (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Stephen Daniels
ycba_actor_8337
Daniels Stephen
300025492
Author
Tate Publishing
ycba_actor_8079
Tate Publishing
300025574
Publisher
1999
1999
1999
London
178
10447558
N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
5687720
1143
300054686
publication event
John Ingamells, ^A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings of Philip Mercier^, Volume of the Walpole Society, vol. 46, Walpole Society, 1976-8, pp. 5, 62, no. 265, pl. 6c, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
John Ingamells
ycba_actor_8637
Ingamells John
300025492
Author
Robert Raines
ycba_actor_8615
Raines Robert
300025492
Author
Walpole Society
ycba_actor_11625
Walpole Society
300025574
Publisher
1976-8
1976
1978
178
11668966
NE631.L66 M655 2013 (YCBA)
830837529
2942
300054686
publication event
Joseph Monteyne, ^From still life to the screen, print culture, display, and the materiality of the image in eighteenth-century London ^, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2013, pp. 218-19, fig. 152, NE631.L66 M655 2013 (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Joseph Monteyne
ycba_actor_11772
Monteyne Joseph
300025492
Author
Yale University Press
ycba_actor_7029
Yale University Press
300025574
Publisher
2013
2013
2013
New Haven
178
7964230
N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
701808157
190
300054686
publication event
^Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], ^, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 3, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
Yale Center for British Art
300025574
Publisher
2007
2007
2007
New Haven, CT
178
3125528
NJ18 M5427 R35 (YCBA)
427944
531
300054686
publication event
Robert Raines, ^Philip Mercier, 1689-1760, an exhibition of paintings and engravings. ^, Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art, London, 1969, p. 47, no. 49, NJ18 M5427 R35 (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Robert Raines
ycba_actor_8615
Raines Robert
300025492
Author
Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art
ycba_actor_8503
Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art
300025574
Publisher
1969
1969
1969
London
178
3595139
PN53 W67 (YCBA)
28969967
1135
300054686
publication event
Elleen Reeves, ^Reading Maps^, Word & Image, Vol. 9, No. 1, March 1993, pp. 57-65, PN53 W67 (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Elleen Reeves
ycba_actor_9166
Reeves Elleen
300025492
Author
March 1993
1993
1993
178
3535148
N5205.7 G7 S65 1993 (YCBA)
27265472
535
300054686
publication event
David H. Solkin, ^Painting for money, the visual arts and the public sphere in eighteenth-century England ^, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 1993, no. 77, N5205.7 G7 S65 1993 (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
David H. Solkin
ycba_actor_8617
Solkin David H.
300025492
Author
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
ycba_actor_5853
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79109777
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500301928
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7152454
https://viaf.org/viaf/131545782
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
300025574
Publisher
1993
1993
1993
New Haven
178
Auction Catalogues (YCBA)
1196
300054686
publication event
^Sotheby's sale catalogue : British Paintings 1500-1850 : 13 July 1988^, Sotheby's, London, July 13, 1988, pp. 129-31, lot 85, Auction Catalogues (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
July 13, 1988
1988
1988
London
178
3289408
V 0099 (YCBA)
54231021
530
300054686
publication event
Jennifer Ullman, ^Philippe Mercier and The five senses, Yale Center for British Art. ^, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1990, V 0099 (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Jennifer Ullman
ycba_actor_8614
Ullman Jennifer
300025492
Author
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
Yale Center for British Art
300025574
Publisher
1990
1990
1990
New Haven
178
300157782
acquisition
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
YCBA
BAC
Yale Center for British Art
British Art Center
1977
0
300203630
Owner
1974
1974
1974
300138913
gift
Echoing most closely the composition of The Sense of Hearing, this scene of three young women and a boy sitting with their tutor beside a parapet in the open air employs optical accessories to stand for the sense of sight. The gentleman examines with his magnifying glass a map of part of the east coast of Spain and the islands of Mallorca and Menorca, perhaps explaining to the girl seated beside him their geographical and political significance to Britain. Over his shoulder, the other two girls peer through a telescope (left) and tilt a small mirror (right), while the boy in the foreground bows his head and refrains from looking at anything.
--- --- Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2005
178
300048722
Gallery label
2005-08-03
300025943
ycba_term_7002
women
300018207
ycba_term_3844
Italianate
300055137
ycba_term_89
senses
300178802
ycba_term_21364
costume
300028089
ycba_term_35954
globe (cartographic sphere)
300037682
ycba_term_36740
mirror
300001571
ycba_term_30226
column (architectural element)
300139140
ycba_term_2036211
genre subject
ycba_term_2037242
magnifying glass
300015636
ycba_term_149705
landscape
300055143
ycba_term_99
sight
300025928
ycba_term_35274
man
ycba_term_2036568
telescope
300247581
ycba_term_7000
girls
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ycba_term_128924
Rococco style
300028094
ycba_term_35957
map
300178227
ycba_term_41385
conversation piece
1747, Richardson's Sale, Foundling Hospital dinner, Mercier, The Star, vertue III, 1933-34, p. 135, N12 W35 A1 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)
6245061
N12 W35 A1 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)
8665967
1388
related to
Christie's Sale Catalogue : Important English Pictures : 21 June 1974, Christie's, June 21, 1974, p. 46, No. 124, pl. 124, Sales Catalogues (YCBA)
1661476
Sales Catalogues (YCBA)
702233814
1134
related to
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 158-159, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)
583000
N590.2 A83 (YCBA)
13422488
323
related to
Stephen Daniels, Joseph Wright, Tate Publishing, London, 1999, NJ18 W95 D25 1999 (YCBA)
4436304
NJ18 W95 D25 1999 (YCBA)
270641016
534
related to
John Ingamells, A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings of Philip Mercier, Volume of the Walpole Society, vol. 46, Walpole Society, 1976-8, pp. 5, 62, no. 265, pl. 6c, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
10447558
N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
5687720
1143
related to
Joseph Monteyne, From still life to the screen, print culture, display, and the materiality of the image in eighteenth-century London, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2013, pp. 218-19, fig. 152, NE631.L66 M655 2013 (YCBA)
11668966
NE631.L66 M655 2013 (YCBA)
830837529
2942
related to
Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 3, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
7964230
N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
701808157
190
related to
Robert Raines, Philip Mercier, 1689-1760, an exhibition of paintings and engravings., Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art, London, 1969, p. 47, no. 49, NJ18 M5427 R35 (YCBA)
3125528
NJ18 M5427 R35 (YCBA)
427944
531
related to
Elleen Reeves, Reading Maps, Word & Image, Vol. 9, No. 1, March 1993, pp. 57-65, PN53 W67 (YCBA)
3595139
PN53 W67 (YCBA)
28969967
1135
related to
David H. Solkin, Painting for money, the visual arts and the public sphere in eighteenth-century England, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 1993, no. 77, N5205.7 G7 S65 1993 (YCBA)
3535148
N5205.7 G7 S65 1993 (YCBA)
27265472
535
related to
Sotheby's sale catalogue : British Paintings 1500-1850 : 13 July 1988, Sotheby's, London, July 13, 1988, pp. 129-31, lot 85, Auction Catalogues (YCBA)
Auction Catalogues (YCBA)
1196
related to
Jennifer Ullman, Philippe Mercier and The five senses, Yale Center for British Art., Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1990, V 0099 (YCBA)
3289408
V 0099 (YCBA)
54231021
530
related to
300055603
500303557
Yale Center for British Art
https://britishart.yale.edu
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
300055598
Public Domain
300435434
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
178
300133025
Item
500303557
Yale Center for British Art
http://britishart.yale.edu
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:178
oai:tms.ycba.yale.edu:178
https://manifests.collections.yale.edu/v2/ycba/obj/178
https://manifests.collections.yale.edu/ycba/obj/178
IIIF manifest
Yale Center for British Art
500303557
Yale Center for British Art