Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
Breakfast before the Hunt
Date:
between 1785 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black and gray ink with brown and blue wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 x 8 inches (12.7 x 20.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, on mount, lower left: "No 11." ; Verso: in graphite, lower center: "D26692"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.1142
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
antlers | breakfast | food | sporting art | doorway | hunters | men | horse (animal) | hunt | saddle | dogs (animals) | dinner | interior | eating | chairs | meal | drinking | table | room | windows
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thomas Rowlandson from the Paul Mellon Collection (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2005-04-14 - 2005-06-10)

Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)

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)
Publications:
Stephen Deuchar, Noble exercise : the sporting ideal in eighteenth-century British art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1982, pp. 43, 44, no. 39, ND1388 G7 D48+ (YCBA)

John T. Hayes, Rowlandson : watercolours and drawings, Phaidon, London, 1972, p. 97, no. 33, pl. 33, NJ18 R79 H39 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:47028