- Creator:
- Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
- Title:
- Dr Syntax Meditating on the Tombstones
- Date:
- 1820
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor and graphite with pen and red ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 4 7/16 x 7 7/16 inches (11.3 x 18.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Signed in pen and red ink, lower left: "T. Rowlandson."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.706
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- vicar | urn | men | woman | children | church | skulls (skeleton components) | horse (animal) | churchyard | tombstones | genre subject | shovel | landscape | mourning
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5654