Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
A Mother and Child
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 5 inches (18.1 x 12.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on mount, lower center: "D1799 | T. Rowlandson 1756 - 1827 (underlined) | Mrs. Moralnd & Infant. c 1790. | Coll: The Honble [sic] Mrs Russell's Sale, 1834. | for style, cf Rowlandson's portrait of Miss Baker in the | G. tw. Wheeler Collection - Falk, "Thomas Rowlandson," p. 124", in graphite, on mount. lower right: "LGD", In graphite, lower right: "A.15", in graphite, verso of mount, center: "Mrs. Morland", in graphite, verso of mount, upper right: "LGD 63/2/13/8"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.71
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
gaze | sleeping | genre subject | dress | costume | hat | chair | motherhood | baby | child | infant | children | mother | woman
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
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, v.1: p. 205, no. 413, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5598