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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British, The Surprise, ca. 1817
- Title:
The Surprise
- Additional Title(s):
Verso: Graphite Tracing in Reverse of Recto Design
- Part Of:
- Date:
- ca. 1817
- Medium:
- Watercolor, pen and red-brown ink; verso: graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 4 9/16 x 7 1/2 inches (11.6 x 19.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in artist's hand in pen and brown ink, lower left: "T. Rowlandson"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.25
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bonnets (hats) | candles | candlesticks | chairs | curtain | dining room | doorway | genre subject | hats | men | paintings | table (support furniture) | vicar | windows | women
- Associated Places:
- England | Europe | United Kingdom | Wakefield | Yorkshire
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5549
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