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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British, Dr Syntax Meditating on the Tombstones, 1820
- Title:
Dr Syntax Meditating on the Tombstones
- Additional Title(s):
Dr. Syntax at the Graveyard
- Date:
- 1820
- Medium:
- Watercolor and graphite with pen and red ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 4 7/16 x 7 7/16 inches (11.3 x 18.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in pen and red ink, lower left: "T. Rowlandson."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.706
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- children | church | churchyard | genre subject | horse (animal) | landscape | men | mourning | shovel | skulls (skeleton components) | tombstones | urn | vicar | woman
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5654
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