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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.495
People
Thomas Rowlandson, British (London, England 1756 - 1827 London, England)
Title
A Mail Coach Going Up Hill
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298171

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and red ink over graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
27.5 × 47 cm (10 13/16 × 18 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.495
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Martin Birnbaum, Jacovleff and Other Artists, Paul A. Struck (New York, 1946), pl. 34
  • Marjorie B. Cohn, Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1977), pp. 41, 53, 69, cat no. 52 p. 107, detail repr. p. 53 as fig. 18

Exhibition History

  • Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1977 - 06/22/1977
  • 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/05/2024 - 04/29/2024

Verification Level

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