Lot Essay
This drawing demonstrates the continuing influence of Gainsborough in Rowlandson's work.
Figures dancing in a rural Setting
Details
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)
Figures dancing in a rural Setting
with signature and date 'Rowlandson. 1804.' (lower left)
pencil and white chalk, within the artist's original black-lined mount, watermark 'WHATMAN'
13 x 18 in. (33 x 45.7 cm.)
Figures dancing in a rural Setting
with signature and date 'Rowlandson. 1804.' (lower left)
pencil and white chalk, within the artist's original black-lined mount, watermark 'WHATMAN'
13 x 18 in. (33 x 45.7 cm.)
Provenance
Major Leonard Dent, D.S.O.; Christie's London, 10 July 1984, lot 10 (£3,240).