Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British, The Hedger and Ditcher, undated
- Title:
- The Hedger and Ditcher
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen and red-brown ink over graphite; verso: blue watercolor blot on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 9/16 inches (16.5 x 11.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and red-brown ink, lower left: "The Hedger and Ditcher"
Collector's mark: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (Lugt 2274a); collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Signed in pen and red-brown ink, lower right: "T Rowlandson"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5125
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- genre subject | horse (animal) | men | shovel | trees
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5763
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Penelope McElwee, The non-representation of the agricultural labourers in 18th and 19th century English paintings : an exploration into the artistic conventions followed by the aristocracy and landowning classes in representations of the agricultural labourers ..., Newcastle upon Tyne, 2016, pp. 74-75, 112-13, fig. 6-1, NX650.L32 M34 2016 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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