Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
Covent Garden Market
Date:
between 1795 and 1810
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and red-brown and brown ink, and graphite, with pen and gray line and gray wash on border; verso: watercolor blots and pen and ink lines on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/16 x 9 9/16 inches (15.7 x 24.3 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.2679
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
plants | buildings | shops | trellis | stands (mercantile structures) | children | youth | elderly | women | men | weather vanes | hats | parasols | baskets | pots | genre subject | signs, identification | crowd | bushes | dog (animal) | market (event)
Associated Places:
England | United Kingdom | Europe | Greater London | London | Covent Garden
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thomas Rowlandson from the Paul Mellon Collection (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2005-04-14 - 2005-06-10)

The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
Publications:
British Art at Yale, Apollo, vol.105, April 1977, p. 281, fig. 10, N1 .A54 + OVERSIZE (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. 57, 118, no. 122, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)

The Cunning Eye of Thomas Rowlandson, Apollo, vol.105, no. 182, April 1977, p. 281, fig. 10, N1 A54 05:2 + (YCBA) Also available: N5220 M552 A7 1977 + (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5823