Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
The Actresses Dressing Room at Drury Lane
Date:
between 1800 and 1810
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and red-brown and gray ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 x 6 inches (18.7 x 15.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and gray ink, lower center: "Actresses Dressing Room at Drury Lane"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "No Ref."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1986.29.192
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
dressing room | food | actresses | Feathers | dresses | mirror | vanity | genre subject | drinking
Associated Places:
Westminster | London | Covent Garden | Greater London | Drury Lane | Europe | United Kingdom | England
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15)

Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28)
Publications:
British Art at Yale, Apollo, vol.105, April 1977, pp. 282, 284, fig. 20, N1 .A54 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)

The Cunning Eye of Thomas Rowlandson, Apollo, vol.105, no. 182, April 1977, pp. 282, 284, fig. 20, N1 A54 05:2 + (YCBA) Also available: N5220 M552 A7 1977 + (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1835