Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
A Punch and Judy Show
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/4 x 9 3/8 inches (14.6 x 23.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "Rowlandson -"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.914
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
women | hats | pickpockets | genre subject | windows | puppet, hand | balcony | buildings | horse (animal) | buildings | crowd | children | windows | men | cityscape | doorway
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)

The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
Publications:
British Art at Yale, Apollo, v.105, April 1977, pp. 278, 280, fig. 4, N1 .A54 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Elisabeth Fairman, Pleasures and pastimes, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, 1990, p. 24, no. 172, DA485 F25 1990 (YCBA)

J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 43-4, 92, no. 59, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)

The Cunning Eye of Thomas Rowlandson, Apollo, vol.105, no. 182, April 1977, pp. 278, 280, fig. 4, N1 A54 05:2 + (YCBA) Also available: N5220 M552 A7 1977 + (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5663