Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:: An Old Coquette Outstood her Market
Date:: between 1815 and 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown and red-brown ink, over graphite, with pen and gray ink wash line on border; verso: graphite and watercolor blots on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches (16.8 x 13 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in pen and brown ink, on mount, lower left: "An Old Coquette outstood her Market."; verso, on mount, lower left: (Lugt 1405a) seal
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1977.14.151
Classification:: Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: flowers (plants) | old | woman | rings | jewelry | genre subject
Currently On View:: Not on view
Exhibition History:: Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15)
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28)
Publications:: Simon Schama, Rowlandson in the Round, TLS, the Times Literary Supplement, Issue no. 3963, March 10, 1978, p. 282, Film S748 (SML) Also available Online in TLS Historical Archive (ORBIS)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5685