Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
Dr Syntax & Dairymaid
Date:
1821
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and red ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 8 11/16 x 11 1/4 inches (22.1 x 28.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on mount, lower center: "N 35. The Doctor makes strong Love to Kitty over a Bowl of Cream. and endeavours | to enforce his old friend Madam's Doctrine on Plurality of Wives --"; in graphite, on mount, lower right: "10" [encircled]; in graphite, on mount, upper left: "Please mount separately to show part of old mount"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.689
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
genre subject | hat | Table - mixing | shelves, hanging | dishes | shovel | butter churns | bucket (vessel) | man | woman | elderly | youth | interior | window | stairs | kitchen | doorway | dairymaids | cat (domestic cat)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6436