The Cat-astrophy, or Crash to My Grandmother's Old China

c. 1800

Medium	brush and dark brown ink with touches of pen and vermilion ink and watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions	Sheet: 13 9/16 x 10 5/16 in. (34.5 x 26.2 cm)
Object Number	2007.8.97
Acquisition	Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Thomas Rowlandson, The Cat-astrophy, or Crash to My Grandmother's Old China, c. 1800, brush and dark brown ink with touches of pen and vermilion ink 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, 2007.8.97

Select Bibliography

Spink & Son. English Watercolour Drawings. London: Spink & Son, 1981. Hayes, John. Gainsborough and Rowlandson: A New York Private Collection. New York: Published privately, 1998. Sargent, William R. Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum. USA: Peabody Essex Museum, 2012. Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.

Provenance

Philip Pinsof, Chicago; [Spink & Son, Ltd., London, sold to Manton, Feb. 1981]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1981–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.