Watercolor with pen and gray and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/8 x 15 1/8 inches (23.8 x 38.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in gray ink, lower center, (on mount): "FRENCH PRISONERS | ON PAROLL. | AT BODMIN CORNWALL | 1795."; in gray ink, center: "My dear Rowlandson | I shall be at home and alone, if you will favour me with a call I shall be happy | [L N?], in graphite, lower center: "Dear Bess | Am obliged to Dine out shall not be able to call on you before ten O clock"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.145
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
genre subject | birdcage (container) | baskets | inn | tables (support furniture) | benches | French | prisoners | child | men | women | guards (security) | parole | windows | town | plant | buildings | horses (animals) | pig | kissing
Associated Places:
Europe | Bodmin | Cornwall | England | United Kingdom
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)