Thomas Rowlandson
English, 1756–1827
A Sportsman with his Family Instructing Woodmen to Chop up a Felled Tree
c. 1816
| Medium | pen and brush and vermilion and gray inks with watercolor over graphite on beige wove paper |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 8 3/8 × 11 3/16 in. (21.2 × 28.4 cm) Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.6 × 55.9 cm) |
| Object Number | 2007.20.39 |
| Acquisition | Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Thomas Rowlandson, A Sportsman with his Family Instructing Woodmen to Chop up a Felled Tree, c. 1816, pen and brush and vermilion and gray inks with watercolor over graphite on beige wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.20.39
Select Bibliography
Hayes, John. Gainsborough and Rowlandson: A New York Private Collection. New York: Published privately, 1998.
Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.
