Object number1953.7.2
A Link Boy
Date1786
Artist
Thomas Rowlandson
(English, 1757-1827)
CultureEnglish
MediumBlack ink and wash with watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper, with collector's stamp of 4th Earl of Warwick (Lugt 2600)
DimensionsMatted: 22 x 16 in. (55.88 x 40.64 cm)
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 6 5/8 in. (20 x 16.83 cm)
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 6 5/8 in. (20 x 16.83 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Fitz Randolph (Mary E. Hill, class of 1945-4)
On View
Not on viewPeriod18th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned and dated (LL): T. Rowlandson 1786
BibliographyPhagan, Patricia. “Drawings at Vassar to ‘Illustrate the Loftiest Principles and Refine the Most Delighted Hearts.’” Master Drawings 42, no. 2 (2004): 133–44. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1554650. p.139ProvenanceCollections: Earl of WarwickVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition History"No Incidents but a Ghost and a Storm: European Prints and Drawings of the Romantic Period," Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 20 September - 15 December 1996.Evanston, Illinois, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, "Thomas Rowlandson: Pleasures and Pursuits in Georgian England," January 14 - March 13, 2011.
Poughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Thomas Rowlandson: Pleasures and Pursuits in Georgian England," April 8 - June 12, 2011.
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Thomas Rowlandson
c. 1800
Culture: English
