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Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Title:
Kitty Overcome
Date:
1821
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gray wash, pen and brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/16 x 7 13/16 inches (13.8 x 19.8 cm), Mount: 8 1/2 x 11 inches (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on mount in graphite, lower center: "N36 Kitty not to be overcome by the Doctors elocution - her suffers his passions | to overcome his Reason and is caught in the act of taking unwarrantable liberties"; inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, lower center: "The Doctors Passions overcomes his reason and attempts unwarrant | Liberties with Kitty"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.324
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
cat (domestic cat) | chair | churn | dishes | dog (animal) | door | elderly | genre subject | man | mouse | shelves | steps | Table - mixing | women | youth
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5702
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