Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
The Gaming Table
Date:
1801
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown and gray ink, over graphite on moderately thick, moderatedly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches (14.9 x 24.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper left: "[...]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.912
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
genre subject | money | chips, gambling | gambling chips | gaming table | chairs | hats | interior | men | gambling | room
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)

The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
Publications:
Jane Austen, Pride and prejudice, an annotated edition , Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2010, p. 339, PR4034 P7X 2010 + (SML)

John Baskett, The drawings of Thomas Rowlandson in the Paul Mellon Collection, Brandywine Press, New York, 1978, p. 60, no. 239, NJ18 .R79 B38 (LC) Oversize (YCBA)

British Art at Yale, Apollo, vol.105, April 1977, p. 280, fig. 9, N1 .A54 + OVERSIZE (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, p. 56, no. 119, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)

John Riely, Rowlandson drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 54-55, no. 77, NJ18 .R79 R68 (LC) (YCBA)

The Cunning Eye of Thomas Rowlandson, Apollo, vol.105, no. 182, April 1977, p. 280, fig. 9, N1 A54 05:2 + (YCBA) Also available: N5220 M552 A7 1977 + (YCBA)

Yale Center for British Art, Great British watercolors : from the Paul Mellon Collection, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2007, p. 67, fig. 5, ND1928 .Y35 2007 (LC)+ Oversize (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5661