[Pastoral scene with couple] [art original].
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11791408
Description
- Title
- [Pastoral scene with couple] [art original].
- Alternative Title
- Rest from labour on sunny days
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Published / Created
- [1784?]
- Publication Place
- England?
- Abstract
-
"Rustic scene; a swain sitting on a stone block, playing the flute to a young, barefoot woman who stands in front of him, looking up at him and leaning back against his right leg, a dog at her feet at left; behind at left, the outer wall of an overgrown stone edifice, trees beyond."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a print of the same composition
- Description
-
Title devised by curator.
Title given by Grego for a print of the same composition: Rest from labour on sunny days.
Attributed to Rowlandson by curator.
Possibly a study for a print of the same composition that is signed "Rowlandson 1784." Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1852,0214.165.
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 150.
Watermark: J. Whatman.
Formerly mounted on leaf 86 of volume 1 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : sheet 23.6 x 18.1 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
No linguistic content
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Genre drawings
Wash drawings British 18th century
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman - Material
- gray wash ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Country life
Flutes
Dogs - Subjects
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Country life
Flutes
Dogs
British > 18th century
J. Whatman
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Thomas Rowlandson, Pastoral Scene With Couple. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12922548
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791408
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