Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
The Billiard Room
Date:
ca. 1801
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 11/16 x 7 3/4 inches (11.9 x 19.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "Double"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.916
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sporting art | billiard and pool balls, cues, cue tips, and tables | hats | coats | timer | men | billiard room
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
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:
Elisabeth Fairman, Pleasures and pastimes, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, 1990, p. 13, no. 79, 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. 56, 117, no. 118, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5665