A Soldier's Widow

1815/1820

Thomas Rowlandson

Associated Names
Thomas Rowlandson

Artist, British, 1756 - 1827

The image shows a man from the chest upwards with a large hat and light-colored, shaggy hair. He has a broad face, a large nose, full lips, and wide eyes. The man wears a red coat over a yellowish scarf and is accompanied by what appears to be a broken pipe on his hat. The background is neutral with washes of beige and light brown.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor with pen and brown and gray ink over sanguine wash over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23.7 x 19.3 cm (9 5/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.206

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 108-109, no. no. 43 (entry by Lars Kokkonen).

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, along bottom in graphite: A Soldier's Widow (erased); by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: [Not deciphered]; by unknown hand, lower right verso in graphite: 31

Wikidata ID

Q64633284

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