Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
Comforts of Bath: Gouty Gourmands at Dinner
Date:
1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray-brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 x 7 7/8 inches (12.7 x 20 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso, center: "78"; in graphite, lower right: "A95"; in black ink, lower left: collector's stamp of Sir Bruce S. Ingram (Lugt 1405a) with the initial "A" underneath.
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.42
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
crutches | chairs | men | servants | food | feast | drinking vessel | meal | genre subject | wheel chairs | dinner
Associated Places:
England | Bath | Somerset | United Kingdom | Europe
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)
Publications:
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)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5563