Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
The Prospect Before Us
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 12 1/8 inches (22.1 x 30.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "A.18689"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1378
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
letters | men | documents | genre subject | satire | caricatures | women | costume | rag fair
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30)

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:
Joanna Marschner, Enlightened Princesses : Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World, Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn, 2017, p. 262, fig. 14.11, NX543 +.E55 2017 Oversize (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6482