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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British, Bodmin Cornwall: French Prisoners on Parole, 1795
- Title:
Bodmin Cornwall: French Prisoners on Parole
- Additional Title(s):
French Prisoners on Parole at Bodmin, Cornwall
- Date:
- 1795
- Medium:
- Watercolor with pen and gray and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 3/8 x 15 1/8 inches (23.8 x 38.4 cm), Mount: 14 3/16 x 20 3/16 inches (36 x 51.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in gray ink, lower center, (on mount): "FRENCH PRISONERS | ON PAROLL. | AT BODMIN CORNWALL | 1795."; in gray ink, center: "My dear Rowlandson | I shall be at home and alone, if you will favour me with a call I shall be happy | [L N?], in graphite, lower center: "Dear Bess | Am obliged to Dine out shall not be able to call on you before ten O clock"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.145
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- baskets | benches | birdcage (container) | buildings | child | French | genre subject | guards (security) | horses (animals) | inn | kissing | men | parole | pig | plant | prisoners | tables (support furniture) | town | windows | women
- Associated Places:
- Bodmin | Cornwall | England | Europe | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5623
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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]
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