Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
A Summer Idyll
Date:
between 1810 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink and pen and gray ink over graphite on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 15/16 inches (21.3 x 27.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper left: "The College Green"; in graphite, verso, lower right: "No 6"; in graphite, verso, upper right: "u | (underline) 41 | (underline 216 | "6/4-"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.123
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sheep | resting | dog (animal) | sitting | summer | youth | women | men | building | reading | feathers | trees | flute | genre subject | landscape
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)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6498