Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, BritishAnd Henry Wigstead, ca. 1745–ca. 1800, British
Title:
Drury Lane. The School for Scandal
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black, gray and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 3/8 inches (26 x 39.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, upper left: (signage) "ROSE TAVERN"; in brown ink, upper right: (signage on wall) "School for Scandal |--- |--- |---|---|---|---| and | Charles by Mr. Honorble | to | which will be addes | who's the Dupe? | ---|---|---"; in brown ink, center right: (in bubble) "Boo---oo---oo--"; in brown ink, lower right: "Thalia's frolick or the Drury Lane Bug'a'boo!"; in black ink, verso, upper left: "Wigstead"; in brown ink, verso, upper center: "Radishes | New Cheese"; in brown ink, verso, upper right: (numerical computations); in graphite, verso, lower right: "D-1984; in brown ink, verso, center left: (numerical computations)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5339
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
genre subject | tavern | hats | stick | archways | men | women | satire | school | head
Associated Places:
London | Covent Garden | Greater London | Drury Lane | Europe | England | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Mathew Thomas Payne, Regarding Thomas Rowlandson, 1757-1827, his life, art & acquaintance , Hogarth Arts, London, 2010, pp. 145-46, fig.61, NJ18 R79 P39 2010 (YCBA)