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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British, Mrs. Abington, undated
- Title:
Mrs. Abington
- Additional Title(s):
Mrs. Abington, Reclining on a Couch
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Watercolor, pen and gray ink, pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (19.7 × 29.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
watermark: [crown with initials GR]
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1986.29.466
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- actress | couch | dress (in general) | performance | portrait | portrait | reclining | stage | stripes | theater (discipline) | woman | woman
- Associated People:
- Abington, Frances (1737–1815), actress
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2107
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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Aileen Ribeiro, The art of dress, fashion in England and France 1750 to 1820 , Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1995, p. 71-72, pl. 76, GT736 R53 1995 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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