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Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Title:
A Maiden Aunt Smelling Fire
Additional Title(s):
Caught in the Act
Date:
1804
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and red-brown and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 14 5/16 x 11 1/2 inches (36.4 x 29.2 cm), Sheet: 11 3/8 x 8 9/16 inches (28.9 x 21.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "C422"

Watermark; collector's mark: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (Lugt 2274a)

Signed and dated in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Rowlandson 1804"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.114
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
candle | cat (domestic cat) | doorway | fire | genre subject | interior | lovers | maid | man | nude | shoes | smell | staircase | window
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5613
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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]

Simon Schama, Rowlandson in the Round, TLS, the Times Literary Supplement, Issue no. 3963, March 10, 1978, p. 282, Film S748 (SML) Also available Online in TLS Historical Archive (ORBIS) [ORBIS]


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