Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British

Title:

The Ballad Singers

Date:

undated

Materials & Techniques:

Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 5 5/16 x 4 3/8 inches (13.5 x 11.1 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "5"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.367

Classification:

Drawings & Watercolors

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

ribbons (costume accessories) | bonnets (hats) | genre subject | women | singers

Currently On View:

Not on view

Exhibition History:

Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31)

Publications:

Timothy J. Barringer, Art & music in Britain : four encounters, 1730-1900, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2006, pp. 16, 19, V 1699 (YCBA)

Timothy J. Barringer, Art & music in Britain, four encounters, 1730-1900 (exhibition and label text) , New Haven, 2006, [p. 46], V 1699:1 (YCBA)

Robert Colls, This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 2020, pp. 124, 373, GV706.35 .C65 2020 (LC) YCBA

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5755