Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
A Merchant's Office
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black, brown, and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 15/16 x 13 1/8 inches (27.8 x 33.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in pen and black ink, lower right: "Rowlandson. 1789."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.150
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
reading | spectacles | shelves, hanging | desks | merchant | chair | stools | writing - materials and instruments | genre subject | quills | men | office
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:
British Art at Yale, Apollo, v.105, April 1977, pp. 282, 284, fig. 21, N1 .A54 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Kathryn James, English Paleography and Manuscript Culture, 1500-1800, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, p. 70, fig. 82, Z115.E5 J36 2020+ (YCBA)

Miles Ogborn, Global lives, Britain and the world, 1550-1800 , 41, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK New York, 2008, p. 136, fig. 5.6, DA16 .O33 2008 (YCBA)

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)

The Cunning Eye of Thomas Rowlandson, Apollo, vol.105, no. 182, April 1977, pp. 282, 284, fig. 21, N1 A54 05:2 + (YCBA) Also available: N5220 M552 A7 1977 + (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5684