Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
A Military Escapade
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black and gray ink over graphite; verso: watercolor splotches on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 10 13/16 inches (38.7 x 27.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
wm: "1794 I. Taylor
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.345
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
correctional institution | drawbridge | fortress | water | military, the | chains | boat | genre subject | sheet (bed covering) | soldiers | rocks (landforms) | prison | moon
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thomas Rowlandson (Art Services Int'l) (The Frick Collection, 1990-02-10 - 1990-04-08)

Thomas Rowlandson (Art Services Int'l) (The Frick Art Museum, 1990-04-21 - 1990-06-03)

Thomas Rowlandson (Art Services Int'l) (The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1990-06-23 - 1990-08-05)

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:
John T. Hayes, Rowlandson : watercolours and drawings, Phaidon, London, 1972, pp. 164. 165, no. 100, pl. 100, NJ18 R79 H39 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6442