Peregrine Rescuing Emilia from the Inn Fire

c. 1786

Medium	pen and black and gray inks and watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions	Sheet: 8 1/2 × 12 15/16 in. (21.6 × 32.8 cm) Mat: 14 × 18 in. (35.6 × 45.7 cm)
Object Number	2007.8.94
Acquisition	Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Thomas Rowlandson, Peregrine Rescuing Emilia from the Inn Fire, c. 1786, pen and black and gray inks and watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.94

Select Bibliography

Spink & Son. English Watercolour Drawings. Exhibition catalogue. London: Spink & Son, 1985. 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.

Provenance

Sale, Christie’s, London, 20 Nov. 1984, no. 98, sold to Spink; [Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1984–1985, no. K3 8722 sold to Manton, May 1985]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1985–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.