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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British, An English Postilion, ca. 1785
- Title:
An English Postilion
- Date:
- ca. 1785
- Medium:
- Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 6 3/8 × 9 3/16 inches (16.2 × 23.3 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 5 7/16 × 8 1/4 inches (13.8 × 21 cm), Sheet: 5 1/8 x 7 15/16 inches (13 x 20.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with brown ink, on mount, lower center: "English Postilion."
Signed in pen with brown ink, lower left on mount: "Rowlandson delt."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.1149
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- horses (animals) | man | riding boots | riding crop | sporting art
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:47030
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