The Foot Bath (Drying Out)

Thomas Rowlandson

Associated Names
Thomas Rowlandson

Artist, British, 1756 - 1827

The image shows four individuals. One person is seated on a low stool with one leg in a tub of water. He wears a nightcap and a loose shirt. To the left, a woman stands in front of a bed with a canopy. Another woman is seated on a stool washing clothes. On the far left, a third woman walks towards the group with a bowl and a pitcher. The background includes fabric drapes and simple wall lines, suggesting an interior room.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with watercolor on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 6.2 x 7.4 cm (2 7/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.52.156

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Durlacher Brothers, London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1960-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1961

  • Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, University of Virgina Museum of Fine Arts, Charlottesville, March 5-25, 1961: cat. 15.

Bibliography

1961

  • Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, University of Virgina Museum of Fine Arts, Charlottesville, 1961, 15

1993

  • NGA O'Neal 1993, checklist 208

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center on mount in pen and black ink: THE FOOT BATH. / THOMAS ROWLANDSON. / [1756-1827]; by later hand, lower right on mount in graphite: A22914 R

Wikidata ID

Q64633281

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