A pen and ink and watercolor drawing of boisterous, aristocratic Englishmen seated in high-backed chairs. The bewigged men talk, sleep, and look around the art and marble-bust filled room.
A pen and ink and watercolor drawing of boisterous, aristocratic Englishmen seated in high-backed chairs. The bewigged men talk, sleep, and look around the art and marble-bust filled room.
A pen and ink and watercolor drawing of boisterous, aristocratic Englishmen seated in high-backed chairs. The bewigged men talk, sleep, and look around the art and marble-bust filled room.
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Thomas Rowlandson

A Meeting of Cognoscenti (After Dinner)

Maker

Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1756-1827)

Title

A Meeting of Cognoscenti (After Dinner)

Year

ca. 1790-1800

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

watercolor

Supports

Dimensions

24 x 36.5 cm (9 7/16 x 14 3/8 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.504

Type

Exhibition History

Master Drawing from the Museum and a Private Collection
Jun 19, 1946 – Oct 27, 1946

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1756-1827)
A Meeting of Cognoscenti (After Dinner), ca. 1790-1800
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite on wove paper
24 x 36.5 cm (9 7/16 x 14 3/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.504

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