Sportsmen in the Dumps

Artist Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756 - 1827)

Datelate 18th-early 19th century

MediumWatercolor on paper

DimensionsUnframed: 10 3/4 × 9 1/2 inches (27.31 × 24.13 cm)
Framed: 23 × 18 1/4 × 1 1/4 inches (58.42 × 46.36 × 3.18 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number33-1393

SignedNone

On View

Not on view

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European Art

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DescriptionTo the right, under the porch of the Cock and Bottle Inn, a fat sportsman leaning against a post and resting his hands on gun barrel, whilst his neighbor, on the thin side, stands against the far post, two dogs nearby, another man stares at the inclement weather, a fourth is seated and is downing ale. In the casement above, two females are watching the approach of a sportsman, seated on a pony, with water pouring from his hat, a sow and a pig are also on the road, trees in the background.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Eighteenth Century European Drawings, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, October 18-November 18, 1979.

Genre, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 5-May 15, 1983, no. 27, as Sportsmen in the Dumps.

Looking at Historic Lands, Urban and Rural, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, February 15-June 10, 2012, as Sportsmen in the Dumps.

Provenance

Purchased from Frank T. Sabin, London, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.

Published References

V. Philip Sabin, A Catalogue of Watercolour Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson (London: F.T. Sabin, 1933), 83, (repro.), as A Rainy Day or Sportsmen in the Dumps.

Eighteenth Century European Drawings, exh. cat. (Columbia, MO: Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1979).

“Genre,” Bulletin (The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) (April 5-May 15, 1983): 14, 24, (repro.), as Sportsmen in the Dumps.

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