Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British, The Actresses Dressing Room at Drury Lane, between 1800 and 1810
- Title:
- The Actresses Dressing Room at Drury Lane
- Date:
- between 1800 and 1810
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen and red-brown and gray ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 3/8 x 6 inches (18.7 x 15.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and gray ink, lower center: "Actresses Dressing Room at Drury Lane"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "No Ref."
Watermark: collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1986.29.192
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- actresses | dresses | dressing room | drinking | Feathers | food | genre subject | mirror | vanity
- Associated Places:
- Covent Garden | Drury Lane | England | Europe | Greater London | London | United Kingdom | Westminster
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1835
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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
British Art at Yale, Apollo, v.105, April 1977, pp. 282, 284, fig. 20, N1 .A54 + OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
The Cunning Eye of Thomas Rowlandson, Apollo, vol.105, no. 182, April 1977, pp. 282, 284, fig. 20, N1 A54 05:2 + (YCBA) Also available: N5220 M552 A7 1977 + (YCBA) [YCBA]
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