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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British, A Tub Thumper, between 1817 and 1820
- Title:
A Tub Thumper
- Additional Title(s):
An Election Speech
- Date:
- between 1817 and 1820
- Medium:
- Watercolor with pen and brown, red-brown and gray ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (31.8 x 23.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower left: "Rowlandson 1811."
watermark: [1817]
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.109
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- barrel | bottle | caricature | crowd | election | genre subject | man | men | monk | pockets | rain | speech | tub | women
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6506
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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]
Simon Schama, Rowlandson in the Round, TLS, the Times Literary Supplement, Issue no. 3963, March 10, 1978, p. 282, Film S748 (SML) Also available Online in TLS Historical Archive (ORBIS) [ORBIS]
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