Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
A Tub Thumper
Date:
between 1817 and 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown, red-brown and gray ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (31.8 x 23.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower left: "Rowlandson 1811."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.109
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
bottle | monk | men | pockets | man | crowd | speech | tub | genre subject | barrel | caricature | women | election | rain
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:
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)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6506