Thomas Rowlandson, aged 70
This image captures Rowlandson near the end of his life, drawing in an album in the Print Room of the British Museum. John Thomas Smith, keeper of prints and drawings at the museum since 1816, made the portrait of his friend.
Artwork Details
- Title: Thomas Rowlandson, aged 70
- Artist: John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith (British, London 1766–1833 London)
- Sitter: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Date: 1824
- Medium: Pen and ink, brush and wash
- Dimensions: sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. (23.8 x 18.1 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.533.963
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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