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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British, A Summer Idyll, between 1810 and 1815
- Title:
A Summer Idyll
- Additional Title(s):
A College Green with a Group of Damsels and Young Gentleman in Foreground, a Flock of Sheep and a Chapel in the Distance
- Date:
- between 1810 and 1815
- Medium:
- Watercolor with pen and brown ink and pen and gray ink over graphite on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 15/16 inches (21.3 x 27.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper left: "The College Green"; in graphite, verso, lower right: "No 6"; in graphite, verso, upper right: "u | (underline) 41 | (underline 216 | "6/4-"
Watermark: -o-
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.123
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- building | dog (animal) | feathers | flute | genre subject | landscape | men | reading | resting | sheep | sitting | summer | trees | women | youth
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6498
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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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