Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
Register Office for the Hiring of Servants
Date:
between 1800 and 1805
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches (23.5 x 34.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
watermark: -o-
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.115
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
spectacles | hats | women | genre subject | quill | muff | servants | office | hiring | men | pen | dogs (animals) | interior | window | door | cane | desk
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thomas Rowlandson from the Paul Mellon Collection (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2005-04-14 - 2005-06-10)

Below Stairs - The Servant (National Portrait Gallery, 2003-10-01 - 2004-02-14)

Below Stairs - The Servant (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 2004-02-27 - 2004-05-31)

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:
The National Trust, Attingham, Shropshire., The National Trust, London, 2011, p. 19, NA969 S45 A7 2011 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6505