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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British, The Recruiting Sargeant, ca. 1790
- Title:
The Recruiting Sargeant
- Additional Title(s):
The Recruiting Seyeant
- Date:
- ca. 1790
- Medium:
- Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 x 8 1/4 inches (30.5 x 21 cm), Mount: 15 1/16 x 11 1/8 inches (38.3 x 28.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, on mount, lower center: "The Recruiting Sergeant"; in black ink, veros, lower left: "N. 26"; in graphite, verso, center right: "Rowlandson"; in graphite, verso, upper right: "27. | 31 | 328"
Collector's mark: Thomas Esmond Lowinsky (Lugt 2420a)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1376
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- genre subject | hats | military costume | officer (military officer) | recruiting
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6462
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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]
Duncan Robinson, Paul Mellon: a Cambridge tribute, , The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge [England], 2007, p. 24, N5220 M552 P36 2007 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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