Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Maurer, active 1713–1761
Title:
The Rotunda and Gardens, Ranelagh
Date:
ca. 1744
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 16 11/16in. (25.4 x 42.4cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "Raneleigh now pull'd down - curious H.W."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1702
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
trees | rotundas (buildings) | gardens | mansion | architectural subject
Associated Places:
Chelsea | London | United Kingdom | England | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)

The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
Publications:
Elisabeth Fairman, Pleasures and pastimes, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, 1990, p. 30, no. 210, DA485 F25 1990 (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. 55, 114, no. 111, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11072