Watercolor over graphite with pen and dark gray ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 x 2 7/8 inches (10.5 x 7.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and gray ink, upper center: "Doctor O Meary wishing to be made | a Bishop applied to Mrs. Clarke in | hopes her influence with the Duke of York - | to obtain leave to preach before Royalty - | his Sermon was well | received, but unfortunately | for him his Name beginning with the Letter O - | stopt his preferment -"; inscribed on verso in graphite: center left: "Rowlandson"; center: "x6"; lower left: [numbers and symbols]
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.70
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
portrait | papers | male | vicar | wig | robe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Mathew Thomas Payne, Regarding Thomas Rowlandson, 1757-1827, his life, art & acquaintance , Hogarth Arts, London, 2010, p. 279, fig. 117, NJ18 R79 P39 2010 (YCBA)