Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801, British
Title:
A Game of Bowls on the Bowling Green Outside the Bunch of Grapes Inn, Hurst, Berkshire
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches (21 x 27.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in black ink, lower left: "MA Rooker"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.1128
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
dog (animal) | architectural subject | bowls | genre subject | hats | benches | inn | fence | castle | trees | ball games | men | leisure
Associated Places:
England | Berkshire | United Kingdom | Hurst | St. Nicholas Hurst
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)

Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)

The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
Publications:
Robert Colls, This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 2020, pp. 123, 373, GV706.35 .C65 2020 (LC) YCBA

Judy Egerton, L. G. Duke and his collection of English drawings, Old Water-Colour Society's Club Annual Volume, vo. 49, 1974, pp. 10, 24, pl. I, N12 .O54 A1 + Oversize (YCBA)

Elisabeth Fairman, Pleasures and pastimes, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, 1990, p. 39, no. 317, DA485 F25 1990 (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. 65, 134, no. 159, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 109, no. 90, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:47374