Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
Butterfly Hunting
Date:
ca. 1806
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 x 7 3/16 inches (13.3 x 18.3 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.60
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
tulips | parterres | genre subject | garden | hunting | running | doorway | windows | men | women | butterflies | net (object) | leisure | sporting art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
Publications:
Elisabeth Fairman, Of green leaf , bird , and flower : artists' books and the natural world, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014, pp. 26, 27. 230, fig. 19, N7650 .O4 2014
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5587