View of Prizes Taken by Lord Howe Coming in Portsmouth
Thomas Rowlandson
July 1794
Medium
Pen and gray and brown ink with brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
24.3 × 39.5 cm (9 5/8 × 15 9/16 in.)
Classification
watercolor
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
21781
About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson · 1756–1827
Thomas Rowlandson (1757–1827) was an English artist and caricaturist whose satirical watercolors and prints captured the social life of Georgian Britain with unparalleled wit and technical mastery. Alongside James Gillray, he is recognized as one of the greatest British graphic artists, and his distinctive flowing line and keen observations have made his work integral to understanding late 18th an...