Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
A Group of Figures
Date:
ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/8 x 7 5/16 inches (11.1 x 18.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in gray ink, (mounted on matting board) upper left: "Thomas Rowlandson (underlined) | Group of Figures | Collection: Lady Jane Harriet Pleydell Bouverie, | d. of 3rd Earl of [Rednor?]; married | Wm. Ellice, 1847." in upper right: "Accepted by A.P. O[hhe?] as 'containing | [?]ouches which an imitator could scarcely | have equalled', & dated by him c.1820 | see his letter of | 27/11/48."; in center right: "Martin Hardie" (underline); in lower right: "D"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5842
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
canes | robe | hats | genre subject | groups, social | woman | men | figures | dog (animal) | obese
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5790