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Stealing the Preserves

A work made of pen and red and black ink, with brush and  watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper tipped onto cream wove paper.
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  • A work made of pen and red and black ink, with brush and  watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper tipped onto cream wove paper.

Date:

1815/20

Artist:

Thomas Rowlandson
English, 1756-1827

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson

Title

Stealing the Preserves

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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1815–1820

Medium

Pen and red and black ink, with brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper tipped onto cream wove paper

Dimensions

27.5 × 22 cm (10 7/8 × 8 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1993.248.163

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